After getting frustrated over not getting the photo I wanted to enter right and sharp, I just turned on the Christmas lights that are still hanging in my bedroom and took an out of hand shot (resting my camera on a stack of papers) while sitting at my computer.
I must say the outcome surprised me enough to enter, though it could have been better and I don't think it will score very high.
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More a image of lighting than a creative use of lighting. It's hard to rate this because of it's nature. It might have been a better approach to find a subject and then use the lighting to create the image rather than of the light itself.
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