November 2025 Competition - After Dark / Night Photography

[Tim Mayo]

Our November monthly competition is now open for entries.

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This Month's Theme
For this month our theme will be After Dark / Night Photography. 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 21st
Voting starts: November 21st
Voting ends: November 28th

What Do I Get if I Win?
I'm afraid it's just the joy of taking part but I will be adding badges to winners profiles.

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 image not thumbnail.
2. Canon R Series cameras only. Adapted lenses on R Series bodies are fine.
3. Camera metadata must be included in the images to verify.
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.

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

Themes for 2025
Our themes for the year have already been decided to give you a heads-up on what's coming next.

• Jan: Black & White
• Feb: Natural World and Wildlife
• Mar: Creative
• Apr: Action
• May: Mechanized Machines
• Jun: Land and City Scapes
• Jul: At Home
• August: Close Up / Macro
• Sep: Long Exposure
• Oct: Street
• Nov: After Dark
• Dec: Your Favorite Shot of 2025

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 our Feedback Forum.

Thank you for taking part and good luck!

 

[AOC]

Full Moon Over DC Monuments in the month of February 2024. Waited for Moon to rise just above the Washington Monument.

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[Zombo]

This little restaurant was just a block or so from Trevi Fountain in Rome. We stumbled in it by accident really. It was so awesome. Ate there twice. Great food and the owner came out to see how we were doing. He didn't speak much English and my Italian was pretty limited so just a lot of head shaking lol. Loved it.

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[JustUs7]

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How about instead of “after dark”, we consider “before light”? This is a full color image of Witches paddle boarding with their “brooms” before first light one foggy morning. Spooky!

They must have all melted shortly after this photo was taken.

 

[PKM-UK]

Portmeirion, Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd, North Wales.

(Shot taken by Karen and processed by Phil).

Phil and Karen


Who is Number 1?

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(Karen... ).

 

[dgphoto8]

The Longfellow Bridge with downtown Boston in the background. The LCD lighting of the refurbished bridge is normally colored blue, but is modified to commemorate different events. The bridge was lit this night red (visible) and orange (non-visible other half of the bridge) as part of National Hispanic Heritage month activities. The gold dome on the left is the top of the Massachusetts State House.

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[StevenAunan]

The bridge across the Sacramento River at Rio Vista, California. Wind from the Pacific funnels up the river delta, making the area an American windsurfing destination.

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[Nick L]

The Millipede on the Mire!

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[Dean Wilson]

Deep Into the Night - Orion Nebula

First time trying something beyond photographing the Sun and the Moon.

I don't have a star tracker, so I needed to stack 43 of the 220 images taken. (Culling out the camera shake and poor quality images).

Actual time was 0.8 seconds to keep the trails to a minimum

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[Bryan Conner]

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This was from our city's Festival of Lights in March of last year.

 

[Tim Mayo]

A big thanks to all who have entered our competition this month. Voting is now enabled. Please remember that you can vote on as many images as you like, just not your own

 

[Tim Mayo]

Well done and thank you to everyone who entered and voted in our competition this month. As always, we've had some brilliant entries!

• 1st place with 8 votes was @AOC with a very nicely timed shot of the full moon over the Washington Monument. Definitely worth the wait Art!
• 2nd place with 7 votes was @PKM-UK with a gorgeous shot of Portmeirion, Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd, North Wales. Great shot Phil & Karen. I did think this was somewhere in Spain for a moment
• 3rd place with 6 votes was @dgphoto8 with a cracking night shot of the Longfellow Bridge with downtown Boston in the background. Superbly captured Don!

The theme for our competition this month will be "Your Favorite Shot of 2025" which will be starting shortly.