There were a few twists and turns with the March contest, but in the end, photographers Lance Keimig and Christian Waeber combined to choose an impressive array of strong images that best illustrated the theme, "Nighttime is the right time."

Time to close voting and move on with the choices for the 10 best "Nighttime" photos. There's a little wrinkle this time, thanks to the honesty of our judge.

Our March judge, professional photographer Lance Keimig, has made his selection of the 50 finalists from among 300 photos entered in the "Nighttime is the right time" contest.

I've finished the final gallery for the March "Nighttime" contest -- Gallery 6. If you don't see your photo in any of the galleries, it's because:

a) It was a sunset, dusk, or twilight shot
b) It wasn't taken at night
c) You entered more than one photo

See all the entries as they appear on Flickr here.

If you think I made a mistake, which believe me, is highly likely, just send me a note at raw@boston.com.

Folks, Lance Keimig and I were unable to keep our Monday evening appointment to judge the March "Nighttime" contest, so it's rescheduled for tomorrow (Wednesday) at 11 a.m. I'll keep you posted.

Lance Keimig, a professional photographer who specializes in night photography, has agreed to judge our March contest, with the theme "Nighttime is the right time."

Well, I have jury duty today, folks, but over the weekend I built two more galleries of March contest entries. So we have 4 galleries done, containing 200 of your photos in all. As of right now, there are just 72 more photos to feature, but given that you still have until midnight Tuesday to enter, we just may surpass 300 photos.

Here are the galleries I've built so far: Gallery 1 | Gallery 2 | Gallery 3 | Gallery 4

Here's more about the theme, and here's how to enter.

Once I get all the contest entries posted, I'll get back to your Wildlife shots. That's not a contest; that's just a call for photos. And dozens of you have sent in some pretty great pictures.

We're up to 138 entries for the March "Nighttime" photo contest. I've built two galleries of your photos so far, each containing 50 photos. Gallery 1 is here, and Gallery 2 is here. More to come.

Getting a head start on posting the contest entries this month. As you know, the theme is "Nighttime is the right time," and we're asking for real night shots: No sunsets, no twilights. Here's more about the theme, and if you want to enter, here's how to do it.

Meanwhile, here's a gallery of the first 50 entries. More to come.

Before I talk more about this month's theme, I want to mention a rule for this month's contest right off the bat: Let's be a little stricter, and therefore a little more challenging, with this theme: These must be true night shots. That means after dark. No sunsets, no dusks, no twilights. Ah ha!

Night photography can produce some of the most beautiful pictures you've ever seen -- and some of the most disappointing. Here's why: