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First of all, thank you all for your lovely entries - you can take a look at all of them here. Also a big thank you goes out to my helpers: those who have donated prizes - @lauraypablo, @AwakenedComposites, @Butterkuegelchen - and those who have helped me judge - @LadyEvilArts @JaiMcFerran @SireneArcana @FrozenStarRo - you all rock! :love: Now without further ado, the moment you've all been waiting for - the winners! :love: 1st place :love: Enthrallment by @gejda :love: 2nd place :love: Loneliness by @Shennikin :love: 3rd place :love: Foray in the Deep Sea by @erikshoemaker :love: Honorable Mentions :love: Prizes you can take a look at what you have won in the original journal. You will be contacted throughout the next days by the donors regarding the actual dispensing - no need to do anything but sit and enjoy your accomplishments :love: :love: :love:

As the days are getting shorter we do our best to lighten our mood with lamps and candles, trying to keep the darkness at bay. This darkness can be literal or more of a metaphor (for anxiety and depression), same with the light. For this contest, I want you to choose at least one of my stock images and create a photomanipulation with darkness and light. You do not have to limit yourself to images depicting night scenes with candles or lamps (though those will surely give you a great opportunity for high contrast images), you can also think about other light sources in other (dark) settings. For example moonlight, magic / fairy light, an eclipse, a dark cave, sunlight shining through trees, a sunset,... The only thing I would not recommend is a full on daylight scene since there are less opportunities for showing darkness when the whole setting already is so bright. Also do not limit yourself to just actual light and dark - you can also use the concept to convey a mood, an idea or a