Shooting Challenge: Christmas Lights [Shooting Challenge]

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/image...0x_clights.jpgThanksgiving is well over, so that means mankind starts his all-out electrical blitz in search of holiday cheer. For this week's Shooting Challenge, we want to see your best shots of Christmas lights. And this week, you can win something!
The prize at stake: a Joby SLR-ZOOM Gorillapod. (Joby was kind enough to write and offer to up the stakes of these contests a bit.)
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For a little advice, check out this very apt guide on photographing Christmas lights.
The rules:
1. Submissions need to be your own.
2. Photos need to be taken the week of the contest. (No portfolio linking or it spoils the "challenge" part.)
3. Explain, briefly, the equipment, settings and technique used to snag the shot.
4. Email submissions to [email protected].
Send your best entries by Sunday at 6PM Eastern to [email protected] with "Christmas Lights" in the subject line. Save your files as JPGs or GIFs at 800 pixels wide, and use a FirstnameLastname.jpg naming convention using whatever name you want to be credited with. Include your shooting summary (camera, lens, ISO, etc) in the body of the email. ALSO, AND THIS IS NEW FOR THIS WEEK, ATTACH A 2560x1600 JPEG AS WELL FOR PEOPLE TO DOWNLOAD AS WALLPAPER. [Flickr]

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