May Photo Challenge - Entries (Post them here)

[Photo Challenge]

To encourage more group participation we've decided to go back to our previous image submission method.

The Monthly Photo Challenge will no longer be anonymous so just post your entry here, along with a caption if you like, then at the end of the month I'll run the poll as usual.

As usual we'll have a separate Comments thread so that we don't clutter this thread.

So image submissions only here please, (one image per member).

The topic for May is: "Light and shadow"

So let's see those entries.

[MrB (Simon)]

Ok here goes....

Tower of London

Edit: Adding gear details are we? ok.
$15(swapmeet) Canon Powershot A75 point-and-click (in manual mode)

[firstlight (Tony)]

Hi all,

I took this one when Anne-Louise was leaving the hospital with Toliman. It is the shadow of Hadar screening the light being diffracted onto the concrete path by the sanded edge of the glass fence panels.

Cheers
Tony

[spacezebra (Petra)]

Hi there

After a lazy afternoon bike ride



Cheers Petra d.

[mental4astro (Alexander)]

One of our most familiar buildings at night, creating its own shadows.

[nmo]

Here's a photo of a tree I took at a wedding I was at today. I thought it looked spooky

[astroron (Ron)]

My first try,I hope you like it

[sheeny (Al)]

Walking trails around the coast of Vancouver Island at Ucluelet are dotted with seats in idyllic places to rest or reflect.

Al.

[h0ughy (David)]

well not quite up to some of the others but this shot has a bit of mystery about it - light and dark shadows - you never know what is lurking in the shadows..........

[starfinder (Russ)]

I just love the long shadow of the palm tree eerily projected across the sand. It contrasts so strongly with the colourful and brightly lit scene. Russ

[Dennis]

Hello,

With dull, cloudy skies over Brisbane today, I was driven indoors to interpret this month’s theme – Light and Shadow. So, here is a macro shot of a common kitchen knife, taken with flash to add a little drama. Thanks for looking!

Canon 40D with Canon EF-S 60mm F2.8 Macro lens.
ISO100, 1/60 sec at F8.

Cheers

Dennis

[iceman (Mike)]

Dusk at Birubi Beach

[rogerg (Roger)]

Here's a shot I love from 2007, taken at Elachbutting Rock, 400 odd Km NE of Perth on an astro trip.

Light streaming in through a thin gap between rocks which forms a 50m long narrow but tall tunnel.

[StephenM (Stephen)]

"Light and shadow over the sea"

[galeon]

A pic of the sunset taken at Wyndham Vale VIC at 5.13 pm 11 May 2009

Enjoy ! Taken with my FujiFilm Finepix S8100fd

[astro_south (Andrew)]

Some benefit from the nasty beggers that cut short one of my very few observing weekends last year.

[troypiggo (Troy)]

Not sure of the "rules" of these challenges, ie whether the shot needs to be taken this month. This is the closest I have taken in May that would meet the mandate. I was on the tarmac boarding a plane from Mt Isa when I saw this beautiful sunset. I stopped and took this, much to the annoyance of the ground crew. Shame about the mobile stairs.

[ian (Ian)]

may as well throw my hat in ring ... this is an afternoon on a gloomy day on Lake Delavan, USA. taken with a digital point and shoot.

[RB (Andrew)]

Found an interesting subject this month to photograph.
It's a statue dedicated to the Olympic Spirit.

I loved the silhouette against the beautiful backdrop of colour (reminded me of the Olympic colours).

[outwestwa]

This seem to be the month to enter the photo challenge So this is my submission to it. This was taken North of Newman in WA with a hand held Minolta S414 @ 1/125 sec, f3.6 and ISO 80