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Challenge Details
Backlighting VIII
An Open Challenge using the Standard Editing rules.

Description
Shining light at an object from behind, or lighting areas behind the object you want to highlight. You can photograph anything you want, but the use of backlighting to enhance the photo is key. This is NOT a silhouette challenge, that's a different technique.

Submission Dates:
  Nov 12 2025 - Nov 25 2025

Voting Dates:
  Nov 26 2025 - Dec 2 2025

Submissions: 30
Disqualifications: 0
Votes: 842
Comments: 56

Average Score: 5.90618
Highest Score: 7.2414
Median Score: 5.6429
Lowest Score: 4.6552
Results for Backlighting VIII:
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Challenge Results for Backlighting VIII
A Study in Blue
by DCrest01

1st place with an
average vote of 7.2414

Views: 320 (49 during voting)
Votes: 29
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Average Vote (Participants): 7.353
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 7.083
About the light
by MargaretNet

2nd place with an
average vote of 7.1481

Views: 274 (48 during voting)
Votes: 27
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Average Vote (Participants): 7.000
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 7.364
Film Noir
by KristjanUnnar

3rd place with an
average vote of 7.1429

Views: 311 (48 during voting)
Votes: 28
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Average Vote (Participants): 7.313
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.917
The Curious One
by glad2badad

4th place with an
average vote of 6.8571

Views: 280 (55 during voting)
Votes: 28
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Average Vote (Participants): 7.063
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.583
Frozen straw
by Gudjonotto

5th place with an
average vote of 6.7857

Views: 278 (45 during voting)
Votes: 28
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Average Vote (Participants): 6.750
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.833
Ember in the Dark
by arngrimurbl

6th place with an
average vote of 6.6296

Views: 144 (43 during voting)
Votes: 27
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Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.500
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.818
Race to sunset
by Neat

7th place with an
average vote of 6.5769

Views: 139 (49 during voting)
Votes: 26
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Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.200
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 7.091
A Manx Toast
by sidpixel

8th place with an
average vote of 6.4815

Views: 142 (41 during voting)
Votes: 27
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Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.438
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.546
glimmer
by kanaj

9th place with an
average vote of 6.4643

Views: 129 (41 during voting)
Votes: 28
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Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.438
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.500
Edge of Nightfall
by markwiley

10th place with an
average vote of 6.3929

Views: 130 (44 during voting)
Votes: 28
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Your Comment: N/A

Average Vote (Participants): 6.375
Average Vote (Non-Participants): 6.417
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