2016 - Image of the Month- January

The weekly winners for the month of January are presented so that you may vote for the January 2016 Image of the Month :cool:

Week 1: Jonathan Huyer "Under the Stars"

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-B...2/A39Q7742.jpg

Week 2: Joel Eade "Snowy Cardinal"

http://joeleadephotography.zenfolio....17206689-4.jpg

Week 3: Sean Setters "Stars Over the Tybee Island Pier"

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1637/...cd76ba60_c.jpg

Week 4: ddt0725 "A Mother's Love"

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1682/...cc9cd796_b.jpg

Week 5: wsmith96 "This is the One"
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1648/...81dc2035_c.jpg


The poll will be open for 5 days. Good luck

Voting ending soon!

Congrats Jonathan!

Thanks! I had fun with that picture, and I'd recommend anyone to try doing the same sort of thing on a clear starry night. I used a 4-second exposure, which was the longest I could manage without making myself blurry from movement (due to shivering). Another option is to just lie on the ground, which then allows you a much longer exposure. The headlamp needs to be pretty bright to cast a long beam, but the new LED models do a great job with that. I'm hoping to try this trick again with aurora, when the next opportunity arises.