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The 'Playing with Light' challenge sought shots that use some creative lighting and camera techniques. Flash, natural light, flash and natural light together, shot at any time of day with any subject – the more creative and extraordinary, the better!
The winners, and a selection of commended images were published in Photography Week, and we're pleased to share the full top 103 photographs here.
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Top 103 shots
Dewan Karim, Canada – Top Photographer
Ivan Dukarić, Croatia – Top Photo
Ekram Hossain, Bangladesh – Guru's Top Pick
Miodrag Stanojlović, Serbia
Stanislav Černý, Czech Republic
Konrad Kehrer, Austria
Yevhen Petrov, Ukraine
Ircsi Ecsedi, Hungary
András Klein, Hungary
Juraj Benčík, Czechia
Thijs Jansen, Netherlands
Mari du Toit, South Africa
Terje Corneliussen, Norway
Brigitte Meuwissen, Belgium
stanislas_cdmx, Mexico
Nick Art, Indonesia
Volodymyr Antypenko, France
Alissa Nabiullina, Kazakhstan
Frekkie, Sweden
Matej Kotula, Slovak Republic
Gabriel Fox, Brazil
Ilan Horn, Israel
Igor Borisek, Slovak Republic
Rick Miller, United Kingdom
Alex Koutsoukos, Greece
Alexandr Malyshev, Russia
Gheoldan Lucia, Romania
Mona Dienhart, Luxembourg
Chris -Photos-International, France
detlev.b. photo, Austria
kuriene, Netherlands
Hendrik Schuhmacher, Germany
Matthewdxb, Slovenia
Justin Koss, United States
Andrzej Figarski, Poland
bart buckalew, United States
Håkan Liljenberg, Sweden
Axel Guinée, Belgium
Robert Ungh, Sweden
Bajkó Tamás, Hungary
Steve Biro, Canada
Tatiana Shestakova, Russia
HTC72, Canada
Alexis Kapsomenos, Greece
kostas kalafatis, Greece
Ricardo Pereira, Portugal
Victor Miguel Ottati, United Kingdom
Aaron Gray, Australia
edlinka5, Poland
icecresh, India
Stefan Lueger, Austria
Sylvain Beauregard, Canada
Marc Barthelemy, Luxembourg
Seanie Bru Cooke, Ireland
Francois Duminy, South Africa
Frederik Kjems, Denmark
Katalin Galgóczy, Hungary
Laura Fokkema, Netherlands
Anders Carlson, United States
m3rlinha, Estonia
Jazon Santos, United States
Jan-Mikael Nokelainen, Finland
Nishakanth Yogarajah, Sri Lanka
stefan.endler, Austria
Yamilet Limonta, United States
Ira Tulchinsky, Israel
Daria Wojcik, Poland
Jon Eppinga, United States
Andy Fowlie, Finland
Charles Unal, United States
Shawn Thomas, United States
Rodrigo Mazzola, Brazil
pollackz, Israel
missdejour, United States
Frédéric Pallanca, France
Dijana ES, Croatia
Hanno van Wyk, Great Britain
Kayoumin GC, Taiwan
Darren McPhee, Canada
Shtokalo Yuliya, Italy
zetka_02, Poland
Nicoleta Golea, Romania
Kjell Arvid Fredriksen, Norway
Tyler McAuley, United States
Johan GASPAR, France
bank3d, Sweden
Elisabeth Liljenberg, Sweden
Lyana Blum, Belgium
Marius Koekemoer, South Africa
Gilles Massard, France
Dragana Simić, Serbia
Jodi Webber, United States
Tiago Rama, Portugal
Oliver Schmid-Selig, Germany
Erin Childs, United States
Yvonne van Leeuwen, Netherlands
Moshe Margulies, Israel
Natsagdorj Sanj, Mongolia
Anita Price, Norway
patrycja.suchanska, United Kingdom
Alex Armando Torres, United States
IRKGURU PHOTOGRAPHY, Russian Federation
Alexei Obukhov, Russia
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