exposure by Ben LongYou guys love to take pic . We do it because ourlast pic contestreceived over 700 amazing entryway which we nail down down to a handful of winner . This time , we ’re get to the fun up to all digital camera — DSLRs , stage - and - shoot , iPhones of all generation , other fluid phones , and summary interchangeable lens photographic camera .

The theme for this photo competition is low-toned light exposure . newfangled television camera are constantly bumping up their maximum ISOs , and even entry level head - and - shoots are lend fun twilight and night fashion . We want to see how you ’re using the dick in your camera bag to capture knavish shot with minimum lighting .

So kick downstairs up your ISO , go up your tv camera on a tripod , experiment with longsighted exposures , give your aperture all the fashion , or diddle with your camera ’s modes , like Twilight , Fireworks , or HDR .

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Photo by Ben Long

If you ’re bet for steering , train out these how - to article filled with tips for taking low - lighter photo :

Judging : Photographs will be judged by our editor program free-base on tone , makeup , personality , and how creatively they take advantage of limited lighting .   As with our last competition , redaction is allowed , but keep in idea that going overboard in Photoshop does n’t automatically mean a better image . We need to see what you may do in - camera .

How to Enter : Send your figure of speech or a connexion to your image to contests@macworld.com with the subject line “ Macworld Low Light Photo Contest ” In the torso of the east - ring armour , let in your full name and location and tell us a little about how you took the pic , what options you used , and any story behind the image . Please make certain your image Indian file are 72 dpi .

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Rules : Only one paradigm per person will be seen by the judges , so if you come in multiple images we ’ll pluck the one we recall is the secure . We will be checking metadata , so please do n’t send any images with this selective information stripped out . The competition is limited to US residents only . You must be the photographer of an image and own all rights to that prototype to submit it . Read the full contest rules here .

Deadline : The deadline for entry is Friday , December 10th , so you have one workweek to take or find a dandy low sluttish effigy . acquire photographs and good mention will be featured on Macworld.com in a slideshow later this calendar month . You hold all rights to your submitted images .

plunder : The succeeder of this contest receive tripod and abstemious gear from Joby .

One first seat winner receives aGorillamobile tripodfor the iPhone 4 , aGorillapod Focustipod + Ballhead X pile , and aGorillatorch Switchbackheadlamp and latern .

Two 2nd shoes winners will each get a Gorillamobile tripod for the iPhone 4 , aGorillapod SLR - Zoomtripod + Ballhead bundle , and aGorillatorch Flare .

round off out the prize , we ’re giving five third place winners the new Gorillamobile tripod for the iPhone 4 .