‘Night Lights’ – Shortlist
The results are in! Our judges have shortlisted their favourite entries to our ‘Night Lights’ photo contest and it’s over to you to vote for our winners!
The Judges
Thanks once again to our judging panel this month:
Stephen Cotterell – Stephen Cotterell Photography
Michael Clement – Michael Clement Photographer
James Abbott – James Abbott Photography
Paul Ratigan – Paul Ratigan Photography
The Shortlist
Naomi Baker
Interesting composition. I liked the conversion of the image to monochrome which removed any conflicting coloured lights & allowed the viewer to appreciate all the subtle tones. – Paul
Sonja Benskin Mesher
Liked the vivid colour & strong directional abstraction. – Paul
“Christmas with the lights too bright” by Kate Pearson
The inspired use of the subject matter as the only light source, the sympathetic gentle tones & the gracefulness of the pose makes this a winner. – Paul
Jack Margerison
Carefully crafted with a simple & appropriate composition. Liked the well observed desaturated colours that complement the white highlights and the fact that it seems to have been a spur of the moment creation. – Paul
Ingrid Newton
Loved the painterly & atmospheric quality of the colour & the fluid blurred nature of the image. – Paul
Tracey Richards
A timeless scene that evokes a sinister spirit. What is through that door way? – Michael
Massimiliano Petrossi
Beautiful winter scene with a lovely colour palette. – Michael
“Stogursey Castle in Moonlight” by Bob Small
A bizarre house with historic features captured with a real painterly quality. – Michael
from the series ‘City Corners’ by Imantas Selenis
Evoking Edward Hopper qualities, this graphic composition creates a deserted aura. – Michael
Another standout photograph that takes a simple, everyday and ordinary scene and elevates it to art. I could stare at this all day and not get bored. I love the composition, overall structure and letterbox shaped lighting. It also invokes a lot of curiosity in my mind as I try to work out what is going on. – Stephen
Jamie Lau
This is my favourite picture. Great narrative of a street scene that is difficult to know exactly where it is. Great moment and beautful painterly filmic qualities. – Michael
“Bridge.2012.” by Ryan Bleyswyck
This image stands out for me and I’m not quite sure why! Maybe it’s the structure of the pillars? Maybe it’s the overall composition? Maybe it’s the curiosity invoked by the positioning and body position of the single, small male figure alone at night lit by the street light? Perhaps it’s the highly graphic novel style of the shot? I still don’t know. What I do know is that this is a striking and memorable photograph and well worth including in my list of five images. – Stephen
“Snow in Jesus Green, Shoreditch” by John Stead
This photograph attracts me a lot and I have worked out why! There are many levels of tension from different sources of contrast that create significant eye appeal. The contrasting movement of the snowflakes, branches against the stillness of the hooded individual and street light really work for me. Presenting this in black and white (another source of visual contrast) works really well AND what initially looks like a very busy scene resolves in my mind to a simple and strong photograph. – Stephen
Looking at this photo you can really feel the cold snow hitting the ghostly figure in the distance. Without this figure the photo would be quite dull, but the light catching the falling snow and this figure make it a perfectly timed and interesting shot. – James
“Urban ballet” by Hannah Todd
Hannah clearly put a lot of thought into choosing this location and, as an urban night image, would the way she has selected her point of view has created a very good looking scene (with the shapes, sweeping lines and relatively narrow depth of field). By adding the ballet dancer with her positioning, lighting and posing is an understated touch of creative genius and makes this photograph highly memorable. – Stephen
“Tents lit up at night” by Mick House
What’s not to like about this photograph? It is colourful, interesting and slightly surreal. I especially enjoy the silhouetted figures that add a sense of depth, scale and mystery. I can also imagine this photograph immediately catching the eye of visitors to theprintspace’s gallery and provoking lots of discussions about what is or is not going on. – Stephen
Joe Stenson
This image stands out because Joe has pushed himself to shoot in an unusual and difficult location. The end result works because of the light he has expertly painted into the scene. The spiral of light draws the eye to the starburst created with the flash. – James
“Blue Belle” by Neale Thibaut
This is a great example of the technique where you shoot at night and make it look like surreal daylight. The colour of the sea and the texture of the cliffs really bring the photo to life and the lighthouse creates a strong focal point. – James
Steven Allan
This shot stands out from most of the other entries because it’s a portrait rather than a place. Attention to detail with the model’s clothes, and the smoke to catch the projector light certainly conjures up a sense of the cinema. – James
Ian Gotham
This is such an intriguing scene with the partially hidden house in the background. Lighting the grass in the foreground works well to add a splash of colour that compliments the yellow window light in the windows and avoids too much darkness around the house. – James
James Sharpe
This is a great shot because James used the tools he had at his disposal to get the shot he was looking for. I’ve heard of portraits lit by mobile phone light before, but never a landscape shot. It still must have been quite a long exposure, high ISO or both to get this to work. – James
Congratulations to all the photographers that made the shortlist and best of luck in the voting round. You can vote a maximum of three times, but only ONE vote per image. Click the ‘Vote Now’ button below to see all the images and vote for your favourites now!
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photo by goerge McConville gets my vote , brilliant.
Also cannot access the voting page, but I'd like to vote for Joe Stenson too please.
Vote for John Stead – a fantastic winter scene!!
I'd like to vote for Joe Stenson. That looks a tricky shot to make, the colours are great and the smoothness he's got into the spiral is impressive!
Vote for John Stead! Great atmospheric snowy shot.
@David : C'est pas tout de "liker" t'as aussi voté pour Ingrid ? Bonne année à toi et tout et tout. Bises
Vote for Ingrid Newton please.
Click the 'Vote Now' button above – this will take you to a facebook page where you can vote for the images!
Hi Joanne, we're getting reports of some problems with accessing the voting app from mobile platforms. Until we can resolve this I'm afraid you will need to vote via a desktop pc.
Trying tyo vote for Blue Belle, but can't work out how. Can you tell me how to do it.
Voting button doesn't work – don't seem able to vote from either iPad or iPhone