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

 

[Tim Mayo]

Please note the rules folks, especially regarding the date of submitted images.

1. Sony cameras only.
2. Camera metadata must be embedded with images to verify.
3. Only submit images taken in the current and previous two months (September, October & November 2024). The date must be included in the image metadata.
4. Only one photo entry per member.
5. Keep the photos clean and family friendly.
6. Please don't use sky replacements or AI image generation.
7. You are free to change your image during the entry period.
8. Not essential but it would be nice if you added a little background information to your entry.

Thank you!

 

[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

 

[Shooter41]

Friday night, 11-1-24, Friends University Men's soccer team played in Wichita, Kansas after dark. I placed my Sony A7R4 camera on a monopod, set the shutter speed at 1/2000 second, set the ISO on "auto" and my Sony 300mm telephoto lens on F2.8. My goal was to stop action and prevent the ball from blurring when the players sent it flying over 80 MPH. The depth of field with my 300mm Master lens was so outstanding that all eleven players are crisp and clear and the colors of their uniforms was magnificent. The Sony 300mm Master telephoto is the best lens I have ever owned during the seventy years I have enjoyed photography. Hope you enjoy my image. (P. S. I apologize for not being able to find where I could uploading a full image rather than a thumbnail.) Shooter41

 

[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

 

[Shooter41]

Beautiful reflection night-shot.

 

[evacguy]

Beautiful reflection night-shot.

Thanks Don.

 

[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

 

[Shooter41]

Very interesting trail of head lights and tail lights on the highway during this nighttime extended exposure. Shooter41

 

[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

 

[Unframed Dave]

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

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I know this is the competition thread, but I have to ask, why are they waiting for fruit bats?

 

[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

 

[dragonsdreams]

I know this is the competition thread, but I have to ask, why are they waiting for fruit bats?

They are very large bats and come over that bay every night in the thousands. Spectacular with the sunset in the background, although they often come over after sunset which is a shame!

 

[Unframed Dave]

They are very large bats and come over that bay every night in the thousands. Spectacular with the sunset in the background, although they often come over after sunset which is a shame!

Ah, just watching them?

 

[dragonsdreams]

Ah, just watching them?

Yes, a bit like the starling murmurations.

 

[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