Pathway to Darkness
by liquidpride

Comment:
I like the shadows (and shades) on the walkway, but find the image slightly fuzzy. The framing is good.

Illuminated Sculpture
by dkubin

Comment:
Ah, finally a use for modern art: spicing up an otherwise ordinary photograph!

Interesting imagery, but somewhat soft. Blown highlights are a little harsh.

Canberra at night
by MattB

Comment:
This joke was funny the first time I saw it 20 years ago. It's gotten very old since then.

Late night sailing
by gthb

Comment:
I see a sun in the sky, and no icebergs to indicate that you're in the arctic circle, thus I must conclude that this was not taken late at night.

County Courthouse
by Bud

Comment:
Surreal, slanted, with overdone light flares, but strangely attractive regardless. I particularly like the way the blue in the windows matches the sky. The visible noise mars the image slightly.

Lights on the Hudson
by slingshot

Comment:
What looks like sideways motion blur and a much smaller number of lights makes this much inferior to the other version I've seen submitted, even though I like getting a little blue on the water instead of black.

Cobalt Bay Bridge
by snackwells

Comment:
Very striking colors, and for the first time, I see star flare that works, being a single enhancing light.

Secrets At Midnight
by rubytuesdai

Comment:
Conceptually, this is an interesting shot. I like the idea of late night writing. Unfortunately, it doesn't convey any sense of possibly being outside (on cloth, it implies being found in a bedroom, the way that it is), which violates the challenge constraints. Also, focus is very soft (intentional? it works ont he pen, but not on the paper), and the blown highlights on the candle combine with the lens flare to really hurt the image. Colors are also a little off, seeming a bit too reddish to me. If this were advanced editing, I would have recommended blending multiple shots to get both the candle and the book. With basic, the most I can recommend is underexposing this, and then dumping contrast and boosting shadows to see if you could get the book back up. Correcting the flare probably requires buying a better lens. If you could have found a tree stump or porch chair to set this on, that might have helped with the "outside" aspect.

Time flies when there's no sun
by krazy

Comment:
An interesting basic concept, probably the best of the time-lapse shots I've seen so far.

Beltain
by scoulh

Comment:
In honor of John of Iverkething? At the northerly latitudes where this originates, even the lewd aspects are unlikely to approach full nudity -- it's just too damn cold. No points deducted for that, however.

I wish the shadows were slightly lighter, since I can see the arms of a figure in the center, but can't really make out the rest. I do like the face being lost into shadow on the right, and the smoke in the background.