Billed as the world's greatest photo game, GuruShots is an online platform that provides a fun, structured way to showcase your images while gaining global exposure for your work.
By competing in epic challenges against millions of photographers, you can get instant feedback from over three billion monthly votes and increase your ranking from Newbie to achieve the ultimate status (and bragging rights) of Guru.
Challenges are voted on by the platform's Gurus and the wider community, and there’s a fresh challenge every day. Winners can receive prizes from GuruShots' sponsors such as Adorama, Kodak, Lowepro and Lensbaby.
The 'Shot on Black' challenge involved planning composition and placing subjects against a black background for a powerful and expressive shot. The winners, and a selection of commended images, were published in Digital Camera, and we're pleased to share the top 102 photographs here.
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Top 102 shots
Micha Mettier – Top Photographer
shutterspeedberlin – Top Photo
Daniel Lopes - Portugal – Guru's Top Pick
Piroska Kiszner - Hungary
Andy Fowlie - Finland
Edina ⭐ Muhari - Germany
Stanley Zheng - Canada
Hossam Sadek - United States
Tudor Cotitosu - Romania
Thomas Marx - Germany
Cristiano Zingale - Italy
Jenn Vicious - United States
Ramon VandenOever - United States
Tomasz Halka - Great Britain (UK)
peteranderberg44 - Sweden
Alison Lea - Australia
Aleksandr Maksimov - Russia
MARGARET Troyer - United States
Ela Opatowiecka - Canada
Gabor Kokeny - Hungary
Ricardo Q. T. Rodrigues - Brazil
Katrina Kiefer - United States
Luis Talon - Spain
Rol. To. - Austria
Bajkó Tamás - Hungary
Catherine Litster - United Kingdom
Saša Josip Milec - Croatia (Hrvatska)
Gill Thompson - United States
Le Loup Des Steppes - France
Laura Scharich USA - United States
Jean-Francois Faure - France
anyzark - Poland
Vitor Fernandes - Portugal
Marketa Zvelebil - France
Mark Willoughby - Australia
Alon Spiegel - Israel
Haim Berman - Israel
Agustin Ekowiyanto - Indonesia
James.Fraser - United Arab Emirates
Jay McCartney - New Zealand
Monique Hertas - Ireland
Hanno van Wyk - Great Britain (UK)
Eugen Chibakov - Germany
Justin Schroeder - United States
Jason Zaal - Australia
Trent Allen - United States
Adrian Minda - Germany
Paulo Dias - Portugal
Mark Greenslade - South Africa
Markku Ahtola - Finland
Silja Orav - Estonia
Charles Gammon - United States
ANGELO ROSARIO CASTO - Italy
Brouria Carni Hadass - Israel
Erin Childs - United States
Elena Luria - Israel
Nikolay Tatarchuk - Israel
Kathrin Hoyos - South Africa
Tina Pruitt - United States
Tom Dallis - United States
Hermann Klecker - Germany
nilo2 anjos - Brazil
Ruth Sari - Germany
Tinku Iyer - Canada
Obis Jozsef - Romania
Valter Gallo - Italy
Sándor Sármezei - Hungary
Raul Corro - United States
Serena Vachon - United States
Dagmar Meyer - Germany
mb.sequi - Italy
Akos Ottmar - Hungary
Riaan Van Wyk - South Africa
Meagan Featheringham - United States
Zdenek Pachovsky - Czechia
Ketil Dalsøren - Norway
Auditus Photography - United Kingdom
Kathleen Kline - United States
Cherkaoui Monika - Germany
Barbara Graham - United States
Ann Katrine Sandengen (@Sandengenphotography) - Norway
Bob Sax - United States
David Lev - Israel
John De Marchi - Canada
CARL BERRISFORD - Hong Kong
Mary Jane Armstrong - United States
Dragana Jankovic - Serbia
fabrizia chiappa - Italy
Emmy Denton - United States
Brian Sanders - Great Britain (UK)
Helkoryo Photography - United Kingdom
David DeBord - United States
johnny Swanepoel - South Africa
Panagiotis Lagouvardos - Greece
Patrick Nealis - United States
Diana Rothgeb - Canada
cornelia chimir - Netherlands
markus paananen - Sweden
Simona Susino - Italy
Dmitry Gorodetsky - Russia
Laura Tyson - United States
Matt Specht - United States
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