Backlighting, with the light coming from behind the subject, can make for dramatic images. We tend to lose detail in these images, but this can also lend a sense of intrigue and mystery. Intense light will produce dark, almost two dimensional images. Backlit images with a small bit of frontal lighting will produce soft, dreamy like images. If the sun is not directly behind a subject, the result may be a silhouette ringed with light. This is known as rim lighting, and it gives a radient warmth to images. Your challenge using whatever subject you desire, is to create an image using this technique of backlighting. Entries will be accepted until midnight October 31, 2002 GMT. Voting will begin on November 2, 2002. Please check before the voting begins to make sure your entry has been approved and is posted. For Challenge Series Rules and Guide lines, please read below. If there are any questions please feel free to post them in the Photography Forum, and either Michelle A. or starshuffler will do their best to answer them. Good luck to everyone, and have fun! Michelle A. and starshuffler Challenge Series Rules... All entries must be comprised of original photographic images created by the entrant. Post work in any photo editing and/or paint program is acceptable and encouraged... However, the use of royalty free images, or the addition of characters and/or objects created in a modeling program is not. *This is a photography contest* :) All images should be uploaded in JPEG format at a resolution of 72 Pixels Per Inch. Images should be less than 200 KB in file size. Images for each contest should be photographed after the entry start date and before the finish date. A limit of one entry per contestant. Only one Zone may be entered. Images that do not conform to the Renderosity TOS will be deemed ineligible and deleted. Challenge Series Entry Guidelines.... Zone I is for advanced intermediate, expert and professional photographers. People who post to this level are usually experienced photographers. They are shooting with prosumer, or better cameras, and generally have a solid understanding and working knowledge of the basics of photography. Zone II is for beginning and intermediate photographers. This can be defined as still learning the basic technical aspects of making good exposures, and/or learning the basic concepts of composition. Their equipment can run the full range of the spectrum from professional gear to point-and-shoot cameras.