In this mini-challenge the focus is on backlight. It can be a powerful tool (sometimes even unexpectedly!), so let's see what happens when the light is shining in your lens.

The contest will be open until September 21, 2012 8:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time.

OUR UN-OFFICIAL GENERAL RULES
1. Have fun sharing and seeing what others share!
2. The host supplies a topic and you post 1-3 images. The host judges the winners (1st, 2nd and 3rd) and is not eligible to enter. The 1st place winner becomes the next host, chooses the next topic and becomes the next judge.
3. Any photo you’ve taken is eligible, regardless of when taken or camera used.
4. Any amount of post-processing is allowed. However, it is helpful if you list your camera and lens along with your photo.
5. You may comment on other contestant's images. If you want someone to leave you some critique or criticism, just ask within your post.
6. The winner has up to three days (72 hours) to begin a new mini-challenge, or the honor goes to the #2 finisher and so forth.

Guidelines:
1. Enter 1-3 photos and put them in a single post.
2. Either embed your image in the thread or, if you must, supply a link to it. Keep in mind, however, most people don't want to click to open photos hosted elsewhere (i.e. on your website).
3. Also try and resize your photos prior to posting so they're sized appropriately for viewing without having to scroll (~800 pixels on the longest side works best.)
4. Give each image you enter a title.
5. Enjoy discussion with members about their images, don't let this just be an entry thread!
6. When quoting a post, change the IMG urls to a 200x200 size picture so it is clear your post is feedback and not another entry. (See here for help).
7. Don't be hesitant; share 'em and enter!

Mini-Challenge pointers:
1. Upon winning a mini-challenge round, your first step is coming up with a new theme and starting a new thread using the same format as others have used.
2. Make sure to notify the admin of this thread to update the main thread links with your entry thread.
3. Feel free to watch the thread as it grows or wait to the end time and look at all the entries all at once.
4. After the time/date has passed, then officially close the thread with a single post notifying everyone of the fact.
5. After you're finished judging, start a new thread (again using the prior formats) and post your Winner and runners-up. It is important to have runners up in case the winner does not show within the 72-hour window.
6. PM the winner with this info above and let them know they have 72 hours to set up the next mini-challenge.
7. If the winner does not show/start the next mini-challenge after 72 hours, notify the next runner-up and post a message on the Winner thread of the fact.
8. Remember, if you're the Winner, you run the next mini challenge!


Here are some samples of my own backlit images.

1) The Cicada



2) Daisy


3) Glass & Fire


PJ.

Very nice subject and examples

Here are mine:

1. Icy leaf



2. Church window



3. Atlas bier

Fall Leaf



Black and White Leaves

This is an old one c 1962 - cats in my sister-in-law's barn - there was a lot of dust in the air


This is also from the mid 60s

The two little girls in yellow are now 48 and 50 years old.

And here's a modern digital one

1) Transforming.



2) Sailing.



3) Mesa Arch.

1. Daffodil (in early Spring)




2. Daylily (trivia - most daylilies have seven stamen from center of flower - used for hybridizing)



3. Stained Glass 1919 Church (now a fabric store)

View point

The Fence

1. Sunset On The 'Belle.


2. Sunny Tailgunner


3. The Mighty Wright Cyclones

I'll play along...
1. Exceptional Sunset


2. Light Painting


3. Mickey Fireworks

1) Light Through Glass - Taken two weeks ago






2) Téléphérique de l'aiguille du midi.






3) Underpass - a shameless repeat because I like it!





Alan.

1. burgruine zavelstein in the schwarzald (black forest) national park, germany




2. lake bled in triglav national park, slovenia



3. paklenica national park, croatia

So much beautiful work on display here! I'll toss in few, too.

Wind damage:


Green Foxtail:


Moth mullein:

For your consideration... The image title is "No Better Place", taken on Bishops Peak,in San Luis Obispo, California. I shot this sometime in the late 1970s, using an Asahi (Honeywell) Pentax Spotmatic II screwmount, probably with about a 200 mm lens. I scanned it from a slide much more recently than that.

A hot 4th of July allowed me to capture this.

Savannah, GA

Wow, Lots of cool photos.

1. I took this portrait on a river bank in the Sierra's. It was towards the end of the day just before the light dipped behind the mountains.


2. This picture was taken while taking photos of some local wildlife. It was just as the sun was setting. The sunset had deep orange tones which reflected on the underside of this Red Tail.


3. Lastly, this is a fresh photo I took in the local hills. Again, just before sunset provided the high lights


Thanks Jim

Evening Dance

Sunset Swans

Blackbirds n Catails

Sunrise on the Gasherbrum massif, Karakoram Himalaya





King's College Cambridge (UK) in a shop window. There are two instances of backlighting: the sunset and the Indian star lamps.





A date