The Winners - March 2009

[gstark]

At last we have this all done.

The Winner of the March 2009 Challenge ...

Andrew Trevor-Jones





Runner up: Alan Cause.




Highly commended: Ant.





Congratulations all, and well done. The gallery has now been updated with the names of all of the photographers.

[Glen]

Congratulations all, especially Andrew, there looks to be preparation required for that image. Care to share how it was done?

[Reschsmooth]

Thanks Gary and the other judges.

Well done Andrew - congratulations. When I first saw this image (as a thumbnail) I thought it was just another light globe shot. However, when I stopped to look at it further, I was really taken by the exposure of both the filament and the bit below the filament (technical term). The detail and lighting were superb. There were many other great photographs there as well, so judging would have been hard.

[Geoff]

Great outcome!
Well done winners!
I'd also love to see the technique used for the globe/filament winner by ATJ!

[surenj]

Congrats Andrew, Alan and Ant! Love the that globe...

[ATJ]

Wow... I'm speechless. I am without speech. Thank you very much. And it was a real light globe moment when I took it, too.

I hope revealing the technique doesn't spoil the mystery. It wasn't all that special and had some elements of trial an error. Camera was on a tripod and the light globe in a standard lamp. I did it in the hall with all the doors shut so I could have a nice dark background. I went with f/11 and played with the shutter speed to get the exposure of the element, the inside of the globe and the highlighting of the glass the way I wanted it.

One part was completely accidental. I left the hall light on even though I meant to turn it off. It ended up providing some highlighting of the glass (top left) which after looking at the finished image I liked.

The only post processing was to set the colour balance to Tungsten in Lightroom.

[Big Red]

looks like your method worked well ... its a great image, congrats

[Pa]

Congrats Andrew a great image...I thought you may have used a variac switch to control the power...

[CraigVTR]

Well done to all. Andrew a great image well excecuted.

[the foto fanatic]

Kudos to the entrants, and congrats to the winners.

I love the winning image - well done to Andrew.

[Mr Darcy]

Well done Andrew, Alan and Ant. Great photos all.

[Alex]

Well done to the winners!
Alex

[Big V]

Congratulations to all

[radar]

Congrats to the winners, thanks to the judges and sponsors for the prizes.

cheers,

André

[Ant]

Wow, thanks. I only threw that in as a wild card as I was running out of time for this contest. This was an opportunity that leaped out while at the Melbourne zoo and I did think of the contest when shooting it, but then thought it might get lost in translation.

Ant.

[biggerry]

Congrats to the winners, thanks to the judges and sponsors for the prizes.

[Greg B]

Congratulations to the winners and indeed everybody who entered.

[Greg B]

Congratulations to the winners and indeed everybody who entered.

[colin_12]

Way to go Andrew and evryone else who entered.
Thanks to the judges and organisers.

[Aussie Dave]

Congrats ATJ....that idea looks familiar to me....

I can appreciate how hard it is do obtain this shot ! It took me over 100 shots to get the one I wanted...

From Challenge 5 (The Decisive Moment) 2006