Isle of Light
by noraneko

Comment:
Beautiful shot ... love the the dark to light gradient (foreground to background), which really pulls the eye in and makes the lighthouse structure(s) pop.

London Calling
by Rob O

Comment:
Thanks for all the comments and kind words ... I've honored to have made the front page of a FS, let alone HM (and particularly with a B&W image).

@Giles_UK -- The Big Stopper is a Lee 4x4" (100x100mm) 10-stop drop-in ND filter.

@HarveyG -- The coppers were everywhere, and a pair of them watched me from the bridge the entire day (I was in this spot, taking shots off and on from early afternoon until after dusk). I couldn't believe they didn't come down and say something given what an issue that is in London these days. I also shot a few 5min+ exposures from the top of the bridge, both toward Big Ben/Parliament and The Eye. The Met never bothered me once, despite being all around (and always nearby). :)

@Bear -- If you pull the image down into PS and apply some grid lines, you'll find the verticals are perfectly vertical (save for maybe the last couple toward the left, which are only off by a touch). The horizontals suffer a bit from perspective distortion, since the parliament building is such a long structure and I've taken a bit of an off-angle POV from this spot (because I wanted Westminster Bridge in frame, as seen). That leaves it a bit "pinched" on the left side of the frame. I did apply a slight bit of correction, both in terms of barrel distortion via PT Lens (was only minor anyway) and manual perspective correction in PS CS5 for both verticals and horizontals. I resisted over-correction though, as the curve in the building along the Thames is complimentary (IMHO) to the curve in the bridge ... and I think that's what is giving it a sense of being stilted. *shrug*

The Apocalypse Cloud
by hahn23

Comment:
Absolutely incredible cloud formation and color. Epic, really ... and no wonder it's been published by so many. Congrats on the Yellow.

Robberfly with dewdrops
by roz

Comment:
Incredible macro ... congrats on the Blue.

Predator and prey
by Cory

Comment:
Marvellous nature shot, with great light and drama along with excellent technicals. In this challenge though, it was just begging for the title "Circle of Life". ;-) Congrats on the ribbon ... well deserved.

Old wreck in frozen sand
by Glanni

Comment:
Looks like a scene from one of the Star Wars episodes!

. . . 147 years ago, and still revered.
by glad2badad

Comment:
Awesome skies ... great contrast, comp and POV. Congrats on Yellow, a great shot.

Gateway to the West
by Anthony_D_Archer

Comment:
Awesome shot. Perfect technically with great comp and outstanding artistic elements ... a worthy blue! Congrats.

Vaulted Ceilings
by hesitant

Comment:
Congrats on the blue ... this is an awesome shot, was one of my favs, and looks like a place I'll have to visit now. :) Cheers

Let it rain
by gyaban

Comment:
Awesome shot. congrats on the Blue ... well deserved (and my fav)