The Photo Challenge: Black [deadline: June 01]

[Asadex]

BLACK - The light of the darkness -

1. Only one picture per contestant.

2. No voting for your own picture.

3. No previously used material. All photos must be fresh, shot for this challenge, and never displayed on any gallery / thread.

4. The winner of the last poll will set the next topic; if the same person stands as the winner two times in a row, he or she must choose another user to present the next topic.

5. In the event of a tie in the polls, the person who created the challenge casts the tie breaking vote.

6. Enhancements of the picture are allowed in terms of color management, curves, levels, crop, sharpening, etc. Adding or removing elements in the photo, brushed enhancements, or anything that diverts into photo manipulation territory will not be accepted.

7. The challenge starts when the challenge thread is opened. It is open for new entries for 14 days, after which the vote poll is opened by the challenge starter. If (s)he fails to do so, anyone is free to open the voting thread. The voting thread should have all the entries in it and have public voting to prevent cheating.

8. The voting will go on for 3 days, then the winner (or other person assigned to start a new challenge, see rule 4 and 5) starts a new thread named "The Photo Challenge - [name]", where [name] indicates the topic of the new challenge. If he fails to do so within the day the poll ends, the next person in the poll may do so.

10. Pictures should have a title to make them easy to identify, however this is optional.

11. Do not attach your entry to the thread, instead use an external host such as photobucket.com or imageshack.us, to allow hotlinking from the voting thread

[ShadeOfDawn]

Black is not a challenge.... Black is an absence of colour(light).

"In light of the darkness", now that could be a challenge topic. I suggest switching the focus to the second part?

[Asadex]

Everyone must to give an interpretation of the subject,
Black -The light of the Darkness- could be
a contrast
a feeling
a sensation
a place
and more
I know the topic contains the word "Black" but is not necessary that you send really a totally Black image

[ShadeOfDawn]

Sorry for being hyper critical yesteday, I was in a bit (understatement?) of a bad mood. heh.

[alucard]

shot b&w than colorized in photoshop and some contrast
that's all.
hope i'll inspire other people so i will not be the only one posting in the challenge.

[carolupus]

'Oxide Black'

[ShadeOfDawn]

I did edit this one a little:

cropped
rock desaturated a bit (was virtually colourless)
leaf saturation increased a bit
played with the lighting a bit

Light from the Darkness

[Asadex]

Woderfull pics, sorry but i had no time for a shot ( too much work )
this evening i'll make the pool