This week I had the opportunity of submitting two of my photos that I have taken throughout the duration of the semester in two of GuruShots photo contests. Here is a link to the site: https://gurushots.com/. Hopefully you will see some of my photos on there!
ART DROPS CONTEST:
This image was the one I submitted on the Art Drops photo contest entry, this contest only outlined that the image needed to showcase some of our best and most beautiful drops and it could not be in black and white. I chose this contest because I thought that the drops of water were complimented by the green leaves and sunlight and vice verse. I thought that this image would be a great first submission, opening the door for more contests in the future.
For this photo I lightened the image and brought out the green colors a bit more. I also darkened the shadows to provide some contrast and shape in the drops that were scattered about because I didn’t want them to get washed out. I also made sure to make it fit submission requirements by saving the image in the minimum resolution of 700px x 700px.
I submitted my entry on June 16th, 2020, and here is the link to the contest website: https://gurushots.com/.
THE LETTER T:
This image was the one I submitted on The Letter T photo contest entry, this contest only outlined that the image needed to be a picture of anything that started with the letter t such as tiger, train, towers, etc. so I did a photo of a TREE. I chose this contest because I thought that it was so fun to pick anything that I wanted to! I loved this macro shot of the tree and its bark, really highlighting the textures we can find in nature.
For this photo, I lightened the image and brought out the green colors a bit more, just like the first image I submitted in the other contest. I also darkened the shadows to provide some contrast and shape in the texture of the bark. By making the colors a bit more vibrant I was able to get a very slight blue tint that helped bring everything together. I also made sure to make it fit submission requirements by saving the image in the minimum resolution of 700px x 700px.
I submitted my entry on June 16th, 2020, and here is the link to the contest website: https://gurushots.com/.
*All photos were taken on my 18-55mm kit lens on my Canon Rebel T5, and all edits done to these photos were done in Adobe Lightroom Classic 2020.
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