Minimalist Landscape, New Set and a Creepy Shot!

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Welcome to the weekly Light Stalking community wrap up!

When it comes to classic themes in photography, the intertwined relationship of light and shadow has to be on the top 3. Naturally, light flows throughout the entire universe. But only when obstructed, its presence turns into a storytelling element of the scene. If duality is something we all crave — as we saw last week — then light and shadow has to be the photographic flavour of such a condition.

As a concept, we could think of “light and shadow” as the visible phenomena produced by light getting obstructed with the scene. We can think of this observable thing as an abysmal source of signs and visual artefacts for us to capture with our craft. For a reduced fragment of time, we use our cameras to grab something of the scene; light and shadow at the core.

This week, Tersha introduced a new set based just on this well-seasoned theme. More specifically, the massive contrast evolving our whole existence, the one imposed by day and night. For it, our talented community went above and beyond with perspective, deep-shadows, textures, drama and more!

Photo of the Week

Simple, effective, parsimonious and absolute beauty! This image was posted in the aforementioned thread and drew attention in such an aesthetic way that I simply couldn't resist highlighting it as the photograph of the week.

Congrats and Max welcome to our place, I'm sure you'll find us to be friendly and always willing to help.

Weekly Photography Challenge Digest

Thanks Tersha and Dahlia for pushing our creative boundaries one step forward every week!

For contributing, check out the original challenge post!

A Highlight on the Latest Activity at our Community

Patrick shared some masked moments on Friday 13th!\

Robert reflected on how nice it would be if being a duck on this particular night:

And this gorgeous scene with some nice and subtle contrast:

beth went cinematic with this eloquent winter's announcement:

Oh, and beware of cryptoscams these days!

Don't forget to check the photo contest winners for Symmetry and Asymmetry; and remember, this month's photo contest is now open for entries. The theme is “Light and Shadow Play“. Submit your photos for a chance to win $250 and please don't forget voting as well.

If you want to make out the most of your LightStalking user account, make sure to check the latest posts. Also, don't forget to swim the Mobile Monday Challenge! Last but not least, Check out the current reading throwdown, it has some nice insights and recommendations!

We'd Love To Hear Your Thoughts

Our Feedback Forum is a fine place for all those people wanting to grow fast as photographers. Here, you'll get your work reviewed by well-intended photographers, but you'll also have the chance of commenting on the work of others. We believe in the power of feedback, and here are the latest shots shared in the pool:

The Shark Tank is a great place to learn and to discuss, but please read the instructions in order to get a better experience. Share your comments, opinions and doubts on any or all of the images above. We also will be delighted to see some of your own images. Remember all comments are given to the photographs; not the photographers. Also, don't forget to participate in our upcoming challenge!

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