I went on a trip about 3-4 weeks ago and bought these candles in a very very small town. There were 18 people in this town, but it was filled with the most amazing things and some of the nicest people I have ever met. We even stayed the night in one of their homes. This in a way "brought the light" to me personally because these people changed my outlook on some personal matters that I happened to share with someone there. I took a picture of these candles to show the light that warms me and the air around them. I hope you like it.

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Just pure, natural lighting. No editing at all, i promise. i choose this picture because it shows what can be done with nothing extra. i don't have a fancy camera or anything, just a point and shoot digital, no editing, just shows what natural lighting can do to make a picture beautiful.

My entry
 

Here's my entry. It's both of these as I feel they both show light in their own way though if I have to choose only one then it is the 2nd picture. The description is with the picture, but I will also post it after the link.

1. http://alexcarter2009.deviantart.com/#/d3c7gjc

1. description--- This picture shows that even when things get dark and dreary and rainy in life if you look around, somewhere you can find a brightness that will reflect some light to you until you can find the light for yourself. That's what this building's dome is doing. The gold dome seems to gather all of the light from the sky and shine it out much stronger than it really is on this dark, rainy day.


2. http://alexcarter2009.deviantart.com/art/Rays-201902071

2. description--- I found this picture to show light because if you look closely, though you may not be able to see the sun, you can see the sun's rays shining behind the clouds. It show how strong, and how far the sun goes to give us it's life, nutrients, and energy. It shows how hard the sun works to sustain us as humans and what it has to go through (finding and working it's way around the clouds) to keep us alive and beautiful.

Thanks. The description is above (with a link to another photo I took that I liked).

I have seen the light

When I saw the title for this week I had immediately the idea of taking a photo of lights from a car in darkness, because I really love this effect.

It’s a bit like last week, because cars that are passing by are hard to shoot, because they are moving. But in darkness the light during their move are leaving marks on the photo. And that’s what I want to show with my photo.

I was very busy this week and some days away, so I took the picture just some minutes ago when I drove to a little village not far from here. It was a very hard decision which photo I should post, but I decided to post this one, because I like the contradiction between the old medieval house in the background and the lights of a car that passes by. So the old house, which was build long before cars were built, and the lights of the car are very oppositional.

I took this photo with an exposure of 4 seconds.

Because I also like the other photo that was close to be chosen, I will post it also. That one had an exposure of 15 seconds.
You can see it here

Tordalk

most comforting thing for me other than things that cant really be photographed, the feelings and interactions is a lovely hot long warm bath with candles and the hot water so hot it makes you tingle. So i give you a photo of a bath in the dark.

Comfort and Warmth :)
 

For my first entry ever, I chose to use a picture of my puppy Max. Its not neccesarily comfort and warmth that you would think of (fire, bed etc.) but the warmth that he gives off when he sees me. He'll tilt his head and start wagging my tail. I know that he is excited to see me and that is why I love him.

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/...MaxToungue.jpg

some friends and i went to the beach for a weekend before spring break and we took lots of pictures, in hope of being able to use some photos for our photography. warmth and comfort jumps out of this photo i took, at least to me. full of friends, laughter, fire, beach, sun. friends and laughter are a huge part of comfort and warmth for me, and i wanted to do a different picture, but i didn't want to delve into the privacy issue of others, so i chose a picture that was a bit further away. i realized later that night, that the lens was covered in a bit of dust, which is why there are some speckles in the photo. but i don't believe that it takes away from the photo.

Comfort and Warmth
 

Comfort & Warmth


Since we were asked what is comfortable for us, this picture shows my personal understanding of comfort.

When I was thinking about a place or situation I would describe as comfortable and warm this beer cellar came into my mind. Once we were there, but didn’t get a place, so we left. But this place left a mark in my mind.
I like very much old houses with strong timbers and small rooms. It gives me a feeling of security and – yes comfort.

And I also like the warm light spots and of course the candle in the wine bottle.. Ahhh – I want to be there now ;)

It was a bit dark there, so I had again to use an exposition of I think one second to get enough light. Luckily there was ledge where I could position my camera.

Tordalk

Maybe, not at all required, but could be a helpful suggestion, but maybe you could pm the people that participated on this thread to let them know when you start a new competition. I know I personally would find that useful. You could also just post here with a link to the new thread as most of us are "subscribed" (I believe it's called) to this thread anyway, and we get an e-mail when it's updated, or well, at least I do. :) Again, this is just a suggestion and not at all a requirement.