@Michael Rawluk: Hi Michael......yes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

@Anne: Hi Anne!.....this was taken in the back garden of a relative's house and there was light from the windows. We were in the back garden having a barbeque in winter at night :-)

@martie: Thanks very much martie!

@Ina: Hi Ina!.....yes, there was light from windows in the house. The narrow depth of field on the focus comes naturally from the f1.4 maximum fstop of this lens. It's a Sigma 30mm f1.4 and not exactly the easiest lens to use but great when it all comes together.

@paulski: Thanks paulski....I was practising with this lens trying out the narrow depth of field from the f1.4.

@Laurie: Thanks Laurie.....normally I would have looked for a perfect flower but thought this was really interesting.

@Lorraine: Thanks Lorraine......I really liked the way the colours came out on this night shot and exentuated them even more by blending the original with a B&W version on a separate layer.

@tom: Thanks Tom....I was pleasantly surprised by the way this photo turned out. I took it at Christmas time and kept getting drawn back to it until eventually I had to have a go at processing it.

@amy: Thanks Amy...I used to obsess about keeping noise as low as possible in my photos but I'm more relaxed about it these days and think it added something to this shot. (I certainly never considered noise removal software).

This was the first time I'd tried layering B&W onto colour and it was a lot of fun.