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The beauty of horses

Horses are free-spirited and can present challenges to be photographed. Send in your best!

Contest ended 2025-06-30

Bridges: engineering wonders

Bridge are engineering marvels and make amazing subjects for photographs. Show yours.

Contest ended 2025-06-16

Mystery in Photography

Mystery is a most intriguing concept. Surprise us with your most mysterious photographs.

Contest ended 2025-06-02

Staircase Photography

Staircases are art artworks and always have a little mystery effect. Show us your best.

Contest ended 2025-05-19

New life, new beauty ... That's Spring

Spring is magical. Flowers, plants and trees reflect a multitude of colours. Submit your loveliest.

Contest ended 2025-05-05

Environmental portrait photography

Show us your best environmental and life story telling portraits.

Contest ended 2025-04-21

Books

Books are uniquely portable magic. It's a gift you can open again and again. Share your best...

Contest ended 2025-04-07

Humour in photography

Let's have a laugh and show us your funniest images.

Contest ended 2025-03-23

Urban Photography

Cityscapes or street photography... Make your choice and send in your best!

Contest ended 2025-03-09

The Power of Colour in Photography

The psychology of colours can be the key to taking your images from good to extraordinary.

Contest ended 2025-02-23

Silhouettes

Silhouettes are a beautiful way to play with light and to add variety and drama to your work.

Contest ended 2025-02-09

Capture the night

Explore the world of night photography and submit your best night photographs.

Contest ended 2025-01-26

It's cold outside

Winter is an amazing season for photography and can convey different emotions. Show yours .

Contest ended 2025-01-12

Indoor winter photography

Show your best cozy and warm indoor scenes.

Contest ended 2024-12-29

Simple Pleasures

Simple pleasures or moments in life that bring us joy. Show them in your photographs...

Contest ended 2024-12-15

Bokeh

Bokeh is the pleasing or aesthetic quality of out-of-focus blur in a photograph. Share yours!

Contest ended 2024-12-01

Autumn foliage and landscapes

Capture the magic of autumn through your lens en submit your best shots.

Contest ended 2024-11-17

Shadows

Shadows add depth, shape and texture to our imagery. Create mood and drama by using them.

Contest ended 2024-11-03

Man's best friend

Dogs are our best friends and loyal companions, always happy for each day they spend with us.

Contest ended 2024-10-21

Cuteness

Cuteness is an invitation to love. It should be preserved. Let's help by freezing it in our images.

Contest ended 2024-10-07

Rural landscapes

Capture the stillness and simplicity of rural landscapes away from the city hustle and bustle.

Contest ended 2024-09-23

Orange

Orange is mostly associated with sunsets, summers and fires. It conveys energy. Share yours...

Contest ended 2024-09-09

Water

Oceans, lakes, rivers, waterfalls, water drops, rain... Plenty of water to shoot! Send in your best.

Contest ended 2024-08-26

Motion blur

Motion blur can look great in every photography genre. Embrace the power of blur!

Contest ended 2024-08-12

Things that go together

Side by side or pairs. Show us your most dynamic and visual attractive things going together.

Contest ended 2024-07-29

Upside Down Photographs

Cool, unique and easy taking upside down photographs with stunning results. Try it out!

Contest ended 2024-07-15

Beauty in details

Crafting images that allow us to see familiar objects in a new way. Give it a shot!

Contest ended 2024-07-01

The World of double and multiple exposures

Double or multiple exposures are resulting in artistifc, creative images. Share yours...

Contest ended 2024-06-17

The magic of dawn

Embrace the dawn and enjoy the serene and undisturbed atmosphere of early mornings.

Contest ended 2024-06-03

Self-portrait

Self-portraits may seem vain and frivolous, but actually they are windows into your personality.

Contest ended 2024-05-20

Playing with mirrors

Enhance your creativity by using mirrors to give off an illusion. Try it out and send in your best.

Contest ended 2024-05-06

Pink

Pink is both timeless and on-trend. It is a powerful tool that can evoke many moods.

Contest ended 2024-04-22

Childhood memories

Childhood is marked by a vivid and boundless imagination. Share the ones you cherish the most.

Contest ended 2024-04-08

Screens rule the world

Screens have become seamlessly integrated into our daily lives. Show it in your photographs!

Contest ended 2024-03-24

Umbrellas

Why are umbrellas so photogenic? For sure, they enhance your street photographs.

Contest ended 2024-03-10

A slice of silence ...

The visual representation of silence by translating mood and emotion, whatever the subject is.

Contest ended 2024-02-25

Bikes in Photography

Bikes make great subject matter and you can usually find sometyhing interesting about them.

Contest ended 2024-02-11

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow !!!

Snow is stunning beautiful. A great opportunity to shoot magical and fairy tale looking images!

Contest ended 2024-01-28

Sailing: the ultimate freedom

The freedom of harnessing the wind and riding the waves. Let's sail together through photography

Contest ended 2024-01-14

Photographing birds in the field

Birds are beautiful subjects, but as you may be aware, they are not easy to photograph.

Contest ended 2023-12-31

Time & clocks

Clocks are an important part of our modern busy lives. It characterizes our concept of time.

Contest ended 2023-12-17

Assymetry

Assymetrical balance is a powerful techique to create dynamic images. Share yours...

Contest ended 2023-12-03

Triangles and/or squares

Triangles and squares provide the framework and the perception of the space around us.

Contest ended 2023-11-19

On the road

Nothing captures the magic of open roads better than ... well, open roads. Show us your best!

Contest ended 2023-11-05

Ladybugs, butterflies, dragonflies

Close-up photography is a must to capture insects, like ladybugs, butterflies, dragonflies and more.

Contest ended 2023-10-23

Shooting against the Sun

Photographing against the sun can be tricky but also is rewarding. Send in your best.

Contest ended 2023-10-09

Swimming pool

The swimming pool, its aesthetic beauty and relation to the human body.

Contest ended 2023-09-25

People and summmertime

Tell the story of your summer and how it makes you feel. Simply capture the mood of summer.

Contest ended 2023-09-11

Sea, sand and sun

Anything to do with the beaches, of course. Show us your most beautiful and original images.

Contest ended 2023-08-28

Jetties and Piers

Jetties and piers are ideal to lead the viewer into the horizon. Start our journey around your images.

Contest ended 2023-08-14

Graffitis as street art

Let us see your most appealing graffiti shots from simple words to elaborate wall paintings.

Contest ended 2023-07-31

Snapshot photography

No photographic technology, no Photoshop and alike except for darkroom methods.

Contest ended 2023-07-17

Rainbows

Rainbows are such a treat for photographers. Show us your most succesful shots.

Contest ended 2023-07-03

Ethereal photography

Submit your most delicate, dreamlike or poetic images, whatever the subject is.

Contest ended 2023-06-19

Seascapes

Seascapes are without any doubt, one of the most exciting types of landscape photography.

Contest ended 2023-06-05

Wildlife photography

Wildlife photography takes knowledge, patience & lots of luck. Submit your most beautiful ones.

Contest ended 2023-05-22

Façades: calling cards of buildings

Façades are giving a characteristic appearance to buildings. Show us your best.

Contest ended 2023-05-08

Florals

Flowers are a naturally photogenic subject matter. They celebrate beauty and joy for life.

Contest ended 2023-04-24

Photographing Churches outside and inside

Exterior or interior, tell us a story with your most creative church/chapel/cathedral shots.

Contest ended 2023-04-10

Happiness

As photography is a visual art, try to express happiness in your images and share them.

Contest ended 2023-03-27

Iconic lighthouses

Show the beauty of the world's lighthouses by submitting your most iconic shots.

Contest ended 2023-03-12

Photographing glass objects

Photographing glass objects is challenging. Be creative and share your best shots.

Contest ended 2023-02-26

Storm photography

Heading out to shoot a storm often results in exceptional landscape images. Share your best.

Contest ended 2023-02-12

The world of insects

Photographing insects can be a lot of fun using the right settings. Send in your best close-ups.

Contest ended 2023-01-29

Pastels

Using pastel colours often result in more elegancy and delicacy. If you have some, share them.

Contest ended 2023-01-15

Forests

Shooting striking forests and capturing trees as a real professional. Show your best.

Contest ended 2023-01-01

Fashion

Fashion has become part of the art world with growing popularity. Submit some of yours.

Contest ended 2022-12-18

Performance

Are you a good performance photographer? Share your most beautiful shots with us.

Contest ended 2022-12-04

Trains

Photographing railroads, trains, locomotives, can be intoxicating. Submit your finest shots.

Contest ended 2022-11-20

Airplanes

Airplanes represent movement, power, freedom and adventures. Show us your very best.

Contest ended 2022-11-06

Pebbles

Images of pebbles are generally a childhood memory for lots of people. Are they to you too?

Contest ended 2022-10-24

Ghosts

They say seeing is believing. Show your best ghosty images looking like the real deal.

Contest ended 2022-10-10

Numbers

Head out with your camera and search for numbers or subjects that look like numbers.

Contest ended 2022-09-26

Cloud formations

Stunning cloud formations add mood and drama to your landscape photographs. Submit yours.

Contest ended 2022-09-12

Small versus tall

Small versus tall all (photo categories), is today's challenge. Submit your most original ones.

Contest ended 2022-08-29

Every day objects dressed in magic

Once you start looking, you will discover photos almost everywhere. Look around and try it out.

Contest ended 2022-08-15

Impressionism

Impressionist photography is a genre that encourages artists to break the rules. Share yours.

Contest ended 2022-08-01

Repetitions

Repetitions in photography is what rythm is to a song. Submit your best shots.

Contest ended 2022-07-18

Minimalist Art

Create your own minimalist Art and share your very best shots with us.

Contest ended 2022-07-04

Time

Time is a fun concept for photographers to play with. play with it and send in your greatest ones.

Contest ended 2022-06-20

Night Landscape photography

Photographing landscapes at night is one way to get intriguing photos. Send in your best...

Contest ended 2022-06-06

Urban Night photography

The urban space at night is very challenging and interesting. Do you have some, submit them!

Contest ended 2022-05-23

Alphabet letters

Play with letters in the form of fine art photography and submit your best photographs.

Contest ended 2022-05-09

Melancholy

Try to express melancholy as an aesthetic emotion. A challenge but show us your results.

Contest ended 2022-04-25

Castles

Castles and fortresses make powerful imposing photography subjects. Send in your best.

Contest ended 2022-04-11

Silence

Try to express the sensation of silence in your photographs. Share them quietly ;-)

Contest ended 2022-03-28

A touch of colour

Selective colour is when one area is coloured while the rest is monochrome. Share yours !

Contest ended 2022-03-13

Books

Is there a way to show to our favourite reads by photographing books? Try to show it to us.

Contest ended 2022-02-27

Winter sports

Hit the slopes for some action winter sports photographs and share them with us.

Contest ended 2022-02-13

Winter Wonderland

Winter is an amazing season for photography and can convey different emotions. Show yours .

Contest ended 2022-01-30

Street Art

Street Art is gaining more and more recognition in the formal art space. Submit your best ones.

Contest ended 2022-01-16

Food photography

Snapping a photograph of your food is a trending style but quite hard to do well.

Contest ended 2022-01-02

Traffic

Traffic photography needs to capture more emotion and meaning than aesthetics.

Contest ended 2021-12-19

Flowers

Flowers are symbol for life. Show your most beautiful shots

Contest ended 2021-12-05

Tunnel vision

Tunnels being dimly lit pose a special challenge for photoghraphers aiming for a good shot.

Contest ended 2021-11-21

Low key photography

Low key photography can convey lots of drama in all categories. Show and submit your best.

Contest ended 2021-11-07

Windows

Windows are a physical barrier against the elements, but also are portals into another world.

Contest ended 2021-10-25

Cycling photography

Cycling photography is undoubtedly a challenging genre because of the super-fast movements.

Contest ended 2021-10-11

Squares

Why are we obsessed by squares? Why must everything have corners and neat, clean angles?

Contest ended 2021-09-27

Humour

Just as beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so goes our ideas about humour

Contest ended 2021-09-13

High key photography

High key photographs mostly are light and have a feel-good mood to them. Please share yours.

Contest ended 2021-08-30

Road shots

Nothing captures the magic of the open road better than... well, the open road! Send in your best.

Contest ended 2021-08-16

The golden hour

The golden hour is the short and soft daytime light after sunrise or before sunset.

Contest ended 2021-08-02

Fruit & vegetables

Fruit & vegetables are most interesting subjects in food photograpy. Send in your best.

Contest ended 2021-07-19

Candle light

Candlelight presents its own photographic challenges. Do you have some, please share them.

Contest ended 2021-07-05

Conceptual Art

Conceptual art is basically creating images that illustrate ideas. Send in yours or give it a try !

Contest ended 2021-06-21

Wind

The wind itself is almost impossible to photograph but its effects aren't. Try to visualize 'the wind'.

Contest ended 2021-06-07

Feathers

Straight lines and soft textures make feathers great subjects. Send in your best.

Contest ended 2021-05-24

Umbrellas

Umbrellas are for more than just rainy days. Use them as a prop and share your best shots.

Contest ended 2021-05-10

Bridges

From cat walks to the Golden Gate, bridges are great photographic subjects. Show your best ...

Contest ended 2021-04-26

Springtime

Springtime is the land awakening, is when you feel like whistling. Capture its gloriousarrival !

Contest ended 2021-04-12

Creeks, rivers and streams

Creeks, rivers and streams make a wonderful subject for photographers. Share your best images.

Contest ended 2021-03-29

Eyes that Speak

Worlds change when eyes meet. They tell more than words could ever say. Show your best.

Contest ended 2021-03-14

Majestic Mountains

The last evidence of majestic artifacts of nature are mountains. Submit your most stunning shots.

Contest ended 2021-02-28

Stairs

There is something special about staircase photography. Share your very best.

Contest ended 2021-02-14

Cars in the spotlights

Cars are beloved machines. Submit your most original shots.

Contest ended 2021-01-31

Waterfalls

Waterfalls are one of nature's wonders for landscape photography. Send in your very best.

Contest ended 2021-01-17

Retro style

Submit your best images expressing retro vibes and feel.

Contest ended 2021-01-03

Minimalistic approach in still life photography

Less is more ... Show your best minimal still life photographs.

Contest ended 2020-12-20

Lightnings

Do you have lightning strike shots? Please share them here.

Contest ended 2020-12-06

Geometric Patterns

Submit your best geometric visions of the world around you.

Contest ended 2020-11-22

Doors

Let's go on a virtual tour to admire doors all over the world and share your very best ones.

Contest ended 2020-11-08

Harvest Photography

Autumn offers unique opportunities to capture memorable harvest shots. Submit your best.

Contest ended 2020-10-25

Happy feet

Feet can be very expressive and convey emotion. Let's focus on them and send in your best.

Contest ended 2020-10-12

Negative Space in Photography

Negative space is the area between and around the subjects. Use it to enhance your subjects..

Contest ended 2020-09-28

Pets

Photograph your pets or any domesticated animal and share your very best.

Contest ended 2020-09-14

Balconies

Share your very best photos of balconies around the world.

Contest ended 2020-08-31

Summertime

Every season has opportunities, but summer is full of possibilities. Show your best summer shots

Contest ended 2020-08-17

Siblings

Siblings have a unique unbreakable bond. Document their special relationship with your best shots.

Contest ended 2020-08-03

Music meets Photography

Music and photography share a lot of similarities in many ways. Submit your best musical images.

Contest ended 2020-07-20

Fog

Fog can make scenes feel mysterious and uniquely moody. If you have some, share them...

Contest ended 2020-07-06

Rooftop Photography

Share with us your views from the top by uploading your best roof shots.

Contest ended 2020-06-22

Vanishing point

Using a vanishing point can result in strong photographic compositions. Submit your best...

Contest ended 2020-06-08

Shooting against the Sun

Photographing against the sun can be tricky but also is rewarding. Send in your most amazing images.

Contest ended 2020-05-25

The moon as background subject

The moon is one of nature's wonders. Show us your best shots including our natural satellite.

Contest ended 2020-05-11

Industrial

Industrial sites are full of photographic opportunities. Share your best shots...

Contest ended 2020-04-27

Fear

Fear that we experience or fear that is put on display... Just show your best images!

Contest ended 2020-04-13

Joy

Sometimes joy happens unexpectedly. Bring that emotion out with your most expressive images.

Contest ended 2020-03-30

Symmetry

Symmetry brings aesthetically pleasing balance and proportion in a phtograph. Send in your best!

Contest ended 2020-03-15

Space Photography

Space has wonderful mysteries like nebulas,stars, milky ways, Aurora Borealis. Uncover them...

Contest ended 2020-03-01

Winter

Winter offers us many opportunities to capture unique images. Submit your very best ones

Contest ended 2020-02-16

One smile a day keeps the doctor away

Smiling is a universal sign of happiness. Makes us happy with your best smile captures

Contest ended 2020-02-02

Opposites

Look for pairs or opposite subjects to give us wonderful visual contrasts

Contest ended 2020-01-19

Urban geometry

Submit your most captivating and incredible photos based on urban geometry

Contest ended 2020-01-05

Boys, boys, boys

Little boys, teenage boys, young men ... Let them be boys in your submissions

Contest ended 2019-12-22

Girls, girls, girls

Little girls, teenage girls, young women ... Let them all shine in your submissions

Contest ended 2019-12-08

Autumn is the season of photography

Fall is upon us. Time to take advantage of it and submit your most colourful autumn shots.

Contest ended 2019-11-24

Fireworks

Photographing fireworks is challenging but worthwhile experience. Submit your best ones ...

Contest ended 2019-11-10

Rain

Take advantage of rainy days and submit your best photographs.

Contest ended 2019-10-27

Horses

Horses require a different approach when photographed. Show us your very best horse shots.

Contest ended 2019-10-14

City Skylines

Submit your most glamourous and inspiring city skylines

Contest ended 2019-09-30

Hands

Nothing is more powerful than the stories told by a person's hands. Submit your best photographs.

Contest ended 2019-09-16

Clouds

Show us your best photographs with amazing cloudy skies.

Contest ended 2019-09-02

Rainbows

Rainbows are such a treat for photographers. Show us your most succesful shots.

Contest ended 2019-08-19

The soul of the city at night

Send in your very best city night shots.

Contest ended 2019-08-05

Circles

Circles in daily life or as a pattern. Show us your best 'circle' photographs

Contest ended 2019-07-22

Straight out of the camera shots (SOOC)

No photographic technology, no Photoshop and alike except for darkroom methods.

Contest ended 2019-07-08

Tears

Tears of joy or sadness, show us your very best.

Contest ended 2019-06-24

Shores and beaches

Take us on a journey to the most beautiful and dreamlike shores you have.

Contest ended 2019-06-10

Sleeping beauties

Let us see your best images of sleeping people or animals.

Contest ended 2019-05-27

Oil in water

Oil and water can give incredible painterly images. Show us your very best ones.

Contest ended 2019-05-13

Frogs

Do you have beautiful frog shots, please share your best ones with us.

Contest ended 2019-04-29

Blue

Show us your best images in all genres where BLUE is the dominant colour.

Contest ended 2019-04-15

Green

Show us your best images in all genres where GREEN is the dominant colour.

Contest ended 2019-04-01

Yellow

Show us your best images in all genres where YELLOW is the dominant colour.

Contest ended 2019-03-18

Red

Show us your best images in all genres where RED is the dominant colour.

Contest ended 2019-03-04

For Children

We all take photos of kids, but it can be difficult to get that perfect shot. Submit your very best children photographs.

Contest ended 2019-02-18

Storms

Storms are a wonder to behold. Submit your most powerful storm outbursts.

Contest ended 2019-02-04

Vintage

Show us your best photoslooking like if they were from another age

Contest ended 2019-01-21

Cats and Dogs

Let see your best shots from cats and dogs.

Contest ended 2019-01-07

When the World rings in 2019

Let us see your best images from how you toasted to the beginning of 2019.

Contest ended 2018-12-24

Rome

Send in your very best shots from the Eternal City: Rome

Contest ended 2018-12-10

Starry Skies

Show us your magical starry sky captures

Contest ended 2018-11-26

Graffiti

Let us see your most appealing graffiti shots from simple words to elaborate wall paintings

Contest ended 2018-11-12

Paris

Send in your most beautiful shots from Paris motifs.

Contest ended 2018-10-28

Eiffel Tower

Let see your best photographs of the world famous Eiffel Tower

Contest ended 2018-10-15

Butterfly

Your best photographs of the most beautiful and ephemeric insects: the butterfly

Contest ended 2018-10-01

Double exposure

Enter your best photos combining two exposures in a single frame

Contest ended 2018-09-17

Dandelions

Show us your very best shots of Dandelions: the small centerpiece of nature

Contest ended 2018-09-03

Feather

Submit your photos showing the extravagant beauty of feathers

Contest ended 2018-08-20

Happy Holidays

Submit your best and most cheerful holiday images.

Contest ended 2018-01-01

National Parks

Submit your best photos of National Parks like Yosemite, Yellowstone or Grand Canyon

Contest ended 2017-12-04

Classic NYC

Brooklyn Bridge, Empire State Building, yellow cabs...

Contest ended 2017-12-01

The big 5

Your best photos of lions, elephants, buffalos, rhinos and leopards.

Contest ended 2017-11-20

Kitchen

Herbs, spices, dishes, interior photos of kitchens.

Contest ended 2017-11-13

Nature Rocks

The wonder and beauty of nature has always fascinated us.

Contest ended 2017-09-22

Pastel color

Pastels or pastel colors are the family of colors which, when described in the HSV color space, have high value and low to intermediate saturation.

Contest ended 2017-08-17

Cuba

This island holds a fusion of cultural and visual expressions.

Contest ended 2017-07-31

Zen

One way of bringing calm into your home is through imagery like that of zen and spa.

Contest ended 2017-07-21

Green Leaves

A leaf is an organ of a vascular plant and is the principal lateral appendage of the stem.

Contest ended 2017-07-17

Jugend

The organic and nature-mimicking architectural style of Jugent/Art Nouveau is very often a play with soft and hard elements.

Contest ended 2017-07-14

Oriental

The East is, of course depending on perspective, the heart of heat, rythm and amazing colours.

Contest ended 2017-07-07

High Key

High-key lighting is a style of lighting for photography that aims to reduce the lighting ratio present in the scene.

Contest ended 2017-06-30

Water

Water is a transparent and nearly colorless chemical substance that is the main constituent of Earth's streams, lakes, and oceans, and the fluids of most living organisms.

Contest ended 2017-06-23