Taken at Clifton Mills, Ohio light display.
The only editing I did was to crop to get to the proper submission size and to use the digital camera noise removal feature of Corel Paint shop pro XI. In terms of setup at the photo spot, I simply let the camera act as point and shoot so the image is blurred considering it is handheld and at 1/60 shutter speed.
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this is a good idea, but the exectuion needs a little more. it's very grainy, and while with sme images that works very well, it doesn't here. the focus isn't as sharp as it could be. this really needs a tripod to work well. the jpeg artifacts around the lights don't help either.
it is a good composition, and well spotted. a pass through noise reduction may help. also, amke sure sure you're shooting with your camera on full resolution.