November 2024 Competition - After Dark / Night Photography

[Tim Mayo]

=== Please Read Before Submitting Your Entry ===

• Only submit images taken during the current and previous two months (September, October, November 2024).
• Metadata must be included and embedded with the image.

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Theme
For this month the theme is After Dark. So really anything goes that has been shot once the sun goes down. Nightscapes, astro, light trails, towns, cities, people etc.. This photo pool on flickr might help with inspiration.

Competition Dates
Entries start: The date that this post is published.
Entries end: November 20th at 3am Eastern Time (9am GMT)
Voting starts: November 20th at 3am Eastern Time (9am GMT)
Voting ends: November 27th at 3am Eastern Time (9am GMT)

Shot Taken Date
Only submit images taken during the current and previous two months. The metadata including date must be included in the uploaded image.

What Do I Get if I Win?
I'm afraid now it's just the joy of taking park, but I will look into adding a special profile banner to winners profiles. In the past there have been vouchers for 1st and 2nd places, but we want to try and encourage people to enter without dangling a voucher code in front of them. Let's see if there's much of an impact this month!

How to Enter + Rules

1. Post your entries in this thread by scrolling down to the reply box then hitting the 'upload images' button. Insert image as full not thumbnail.
2. Sony cameras only.
3. Camera metadata must be included in the images to verify.
4. Only submit images taken in the current and previous two months) The date must be included in the image metadata.
5. Only one photo entry per member.
6. Keep the photos clean and family friendly.
7. Please don't use sky replacements or AI image generation.
8. You are free to change you image during the entry period.
9. Not essential but it would be nice if you added a little background information on your entry.

How to Vote (when voting opens)

1. Use the vote button (up arrow) to the right of the post (below post on mobile) to vote up images that you like
2. You can vote on as many images as you like apart from your own

Upcoming Themes for 2024
Our themes for the year have already been decided to give you a heads-up on what's coming next.

• Nov: After Dark
• Dec: Festivities

Feedback
I'd really appreciate feedback about how the competition is running but please don't post it in this thread. Instead please post any feedback in this thread in the Feedback Forum.

Thank you for participating and good luck!

Tim

 

[Phil Vetra]

Playing with the flash and slowish shutter to get a Ghostly look. My grand kids are taking dance lessons and they where showing off.

• ILCE-1
• FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM II
• 29.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 10/16 sec
• ISO 1250

 

[alexpler]

Basilica di Sant'Ambrogio, Milan.

• ILCE-7C
• FE 40mm F2.5 G
• 40.0 mm
• ƒ/2.5
• 1/15 sec
• ISO 400

 

[DaveC Oz]

Saying goodbye to the Milky Way core for 2024. Western end of The Oaks beach near Cape Paterson. Foreground light painted with a single LED light panel at 25% power. The glow on the cliff sky line is from the lights at Cape Paterson.

• Viltrox 16mm F1.8 FE
• 16.0 mm
• ƒ/2
• 10 sec
• ISO 8000

 

[evacguy]

Friends or Lovers?
I just posted this in the city scape thread, but then realised it was a good candidate for the 'After Dark' competition. Hope that's OK.

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM II
• 55.0 mm
• ƒ/3.5
• 1/60 sec
• ISO 8000

 

[BrianN]

After covering over 6300km around the North and South Islands of New Zealand I have just less than a week to go, At the very start of my road trip I created this Auckland cityscape with the light trail leading us towards the city and the Sky Tower.

• ILCE-7M4
• FE 24-50mm F2.8 G
• 50.0 mm
• ƒ/11
• 10 sec
• ISO 64

 

[Angus Cameron]

Back with another one of those block rockin’ beats!

• ILCE-7RM4A
• ----
• 1/80 sec
• ISO 2000

 

[dragonsdreams]

Pulau Koabe, near Rinca Island, Indonesia. Boats waiting for fruit bats to cross islands to roost at sunset.

• ILCE-6700
• E 18-135mm F3.5-5.6 OSS
• 32.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/320 sec
• ISO 6400

 

[Richard A]

I took this in Sydney (obviously) when I was there recently. It was taken about half an hour after sunset when the super moon was rising next to the opera house. The blur is a rivercat ferry sailing into Circular Quay.

• ILCE-7RM5
• 55.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 4 sec
• ISO 100

 

[Rhinodad]

The full hunter's moon Oct 18, 2024 over Cinderella Castle at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida

• ILCE-1
• FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS
• 171.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/4000 sec
• ISO 1250

 

[MikeWPM]

You try getting keeping two giraffes amused for a 1/4 of a second - Etosha National Park Namibia

• ILCE-7RM5
• Sony FE 35mm F1.4 GM (SEL35F14GM)
• 35.0 mm
• ƒ/2
• 1/4 sec
• ISO 800

 

[iamdlewis]

If you know where this is you should have a theme song running through your head

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS (SEL100400GM)
• 100.0 mm
• ƒ/11
• 8 sec
• ISO 100

 

[Unframed Dave]

My local on a Friday night. Beaky and the Meerkatz play the Kings Arms.

• ILCE-1
• FE 50mm F1.2 GM
• 50.0 mm
• ƒ/1.2
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 800

 

[Ralph]

I don't get out much at night so here is a shot of nearly the full Moon from my backyard.

• ILCE-7M3
• 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG DN OS | Sports 021
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/8000 sec
• ISO 1600

 

[WeeMalky]

• ILCE-1
• FE 24-105mm F4 G OSS
• 61.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 2 sec
• ISO 100

 

[Shooter41]

Night game under lights shot with Sony A7R4 camera and Sony 300mm, F2.8 lens, at 1/2000 second, F2.8, Auto ISO, off a monopod and metadata included.

• ILCE-7RM4
• 300.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/1600 sec
• ISO 16000

 

[Loke]

Aurora during a big solar storm in september

• ILCE-7M4
• SAMYANG AF 24mm F1.8
• 24.0 mm
• ƒ/1.8
• 8 sec
• ISO 1000

 

[Tim Mayo]

A big thanks to all who have entered this month, probably one of our more popular themes! Voting is now enabled.

 

[Tim Mayo]

A big thanks to everyone who entered and voted in this months competition. It was a popular theme with 16 entries. It would of been nice to see a few more voters though. I'll have to think about how we could try to encourage more people to vote going forward.

• 1st place with 11 votes was @Loke with a splendid shot of the Aurora during a big solar storm. It certainly puts my feeble shot a couple of months back to shame!
• 2nd place with 6 votes was @BrianN with a stunning Auckland cityscape featuring some awesome light trails.
• Also in joint 2nd place with 6 votes was @Rhinodad with a great shot of the hunter's moon over Cinderella Castle at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. We are already counting down the years until our kids are old enough for a visit!
• Another joint second this month with 6 votes was @MikeWPM with two beautiful giraffes in Etosha National Park, Namibia.
• 3rd place with 5 votes was @DaveC Oz with a shot of the Milky Way core taken from the Western end of The Oaks beach near Cape Paterson, Australia.
• Also in joint 3rd with 5 votes was @iamdlewis with a city shot of Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia. Thanks for providing a hint in the filename David, that saved me a lot of trouble

Well done everyone and thanks again for taking the time to enter.

December is here already and I'll be kicking off our festivities competition later today.

 

[Loke]

A big thanks to everyone who entered and voted in this months competition. It was a popular theme with 16 entries. It would of been nice to see a few more voters though. I'll have to think about how we could try to encourage more people to vote going forward.

• 1st place with 11 votes was @Loke with a splendid shot of the Aurora during a big solar storm. It certainly puts my feeble shot a couple of months back to shame!
• 2nd place with 6 votes was @BrianN with a stunning Auckland cityscape featuring some awesome light trails.
• Also in joint 2nd place with 6 votes was @Rhinodad with a great shot of the hunter's moon over Cinderella Castle at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. We are already counting down the years until our kids are old enough for a visit!
• Another joint second this month with 6 votes was @MikeWPM with two beautiful giraffes in Etosha National Park, Namibia.
• 3rd place with 5 votes was @DaveC Oz with a shot of the Milky Way core taken from the Western end of The Oaks beach near Cape Paterson, Australia.
• Also in joint 3rd with 5 votes was @iamdlewis with a city shot of Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia. Thanks for providing a hint in the filename David, that saved me a lot of trouble

Well done everyone and thanks again for taking the time to enter.

December is here already and I'll be kicking off our festivities competition later today.

Thank you sir! Surprised i got the most votes actually. There was a couple of images this month that in my eye was really good, also better than mine, but ill take it

 

[iamdlewis]

• Also in joint 3rd with 5 votes was @iamdlewis with a city shot of Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia. Thanks for providing a hint in the filename David, that saved me a lot of trouble

Yes my file names do tend to take the mystery out of things but for those that don't get the reference:

• Galaxy S23 Ultra
• 6.3 mm
• ƒ/1.7
• 2499/20000 sec
• ISO 640