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 'Striking Shots' challenge was simple: it tasked photographers to submit the most striking and impressive work they had taken to date! The winners, and a selection of commended images, were published in Digital Photographer magazine and we're pleased to share the top 102 photographs here.
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Top Photographer – #1: Maria Friedrich (Sweden) Top Photo – #2: Liisa Posio (Finland) Guru's Top Pick – #3: Zohar Ferro (Israel) #13: AnnaPietroboni (Italy) #23: Andy Fowlie (Germany) #26: Juraj Benčík (Czechia) #35: Sridhar Setty (United States) #40: Amir Vejsilagic (Israel) #42: Þorsteinn H Ingibergsson (Iceland) Top 102 shots Here are the top 102 images from GuruShots' Striking Shots challenge, including the Top Photographer, Top Photo and Guru's Top Pick. Click on the arrows to scroll through the gallery of images!
Image 1 of 102 Top Photographer: Maria Friedrich - Sweden Image 2 of 102 Top Photo: Liisa Posio - Finland Image 3 of 102 Guru's Top Pick: Zohar Ferro - Israel Image 4 of 102 Dáša Augustinová - Czechia Image 5 of 102 ARTEM AVDEEV - Russian Federation Image 6 of 102 Sebastián Valeria - Chile Image 7 of 102 007 marchant.mark - United Kingdom Image 8 of 102 Zdenek Toman - South Africa Image 9 of 102 Valarie Lyons - Canada Image 10 of 102 Jean-marc Tendero - France Image 11 of 102 bart buckalew - United States Image 12 of 102 salim belaidi - Algeria Image 13 of 102 AnnaPietroboni - Italy Image 14 of 102 Ben De Winter - Belgium Image 15 of 102 Marina Malkova - Finland Image 16 of 102 Jay McCartney - New Zealand Image 17 of 102 Gal Meiri - United States Image 18 of 102 Dag Nystuen - Norway Image 19 of 102 Fabio Brocchi - Italy Image 20 of 102 Mitch Cook - Australia Image 21 of 102 Simon Wirth - Switzerland Image 22 of 102 Petr Moravec - Czechia Image 23 of 102 Andy Fowlie - Germany Image 24 of 102 kuriene - Netherlands Image 25 of 102 Pelle Nordlander - Sweden Image 26 of 102 Juraj Benčík - Czechia Image 27 of 102 Elżbieta Rogaczewska - Poland Image 28 of 102 Steve Dillon - United States Image 29 of 102 Nijole Byer - United States Image 30 of 102 eOk - France Image 31 of 102 James.Fraser - United Arab Emirates Image 32 of 102 Per Hultebrand - Sweden Image 33 of 102 Xan White - Switzerland Image 34 of 102 Dúddi Photo Art - Iceland Image 35 of 102 Sridhar Setty - United States Image 36 of 102 Chris R. Gallo - United States Image 37 of 102 Richard Banton - Great Britain Image 38 of 102 Atle Rasmussen - Norway Image 39 of 102 Anette Fahlberg - Sweden Image 40 of 102 Amir Vejsilagic - Israel Image 41 of 102 Lisa Scammell - United States Image 42 of 102 Þorsteinn H Ingibergsson - Iceland Image 43 of 102 Bill Chizek - United States Image 44 of 102 Aleksander Kwiatkowski - Poland Image 45 of 102 Fek Berci - Romania Image 46 of 102 Steven Horn - United States Image 47 of 102 Nishakanth Yogarajah - Sri Lanka Image 48 of 102 maria.punnonen - Finland Image 49 of 102 Alena Bednarova - Czechia Image 50 of 102 Katrina Scotka - United States Image 51 of 102 Stefanie Bloomingdale Baltzell - United States Image 52 of 102 Giovanni Artavia Charps - Austria Image 53 of 102 Luka Sharabidze - United States Image 54 of 102 Nidhi Rathi Saraogi - India Image 55 of 102 Markus Glaser - Germany Image 56 of 102 Jennifer Benney - United States Image 57 of 102 Marco A. Cartas-Ayala - United States Image 58 of 102 Frédéric Pallanca - France Image 59 of 102 Dany Fantini - Luxembourg Image 60 of 102 Mark Greenslade - South Africa Image 61 of 102 Luis Talon - Spain Image 62 of 102 Maria Fremming - Denmark Image 63 of 102 Anders Larson - United States Image 64 of 102 Alexander Semenyuk - United States Image 65 of 102 Barry Evans - United Kingdom Image 66 of 102 Bananaleaf Studios - Canada Image 67 of 102 Ildiko Lukács - Sweden Image 68 of 102 Adam Morse - United States Image 69 of 102 Jánosi András - Romania Image 70 of 102 Tom Dallis - United States Image 71 of 102 Judit Mikol - Australia Image 72 of 102 Štefan Németh - Slovakia Image 73 of 102 annaolina - Czechia Image 74 of 102 Rodolfo Vadillo - United States Image 75 of 102 Jetje Japhet - South Africa Image 76 of 102 hodgepodge_jane - Ireland Image 77 of 102 Adam Rubinstein - Israel Image 78 of 102 Melinda Page - United States Image 79 of 102 RPRitchy - Canada Image 80 of 102 Richard Moore - United States Image 81 of 102 Serena Vachon - United States Image 82 of 102 Caplikas Irca - Switzerland Image 83 of 102 Daniel Lopes - Portugal Image 84 of 102 cpodiaga - United States Image 85 of 102 Oscar Aguirre - United States Image 86 of 102 Eric Bouchard - Canada Image 87 of 102 Joey Prusak - United States Image 88 of 102 Oliver Schmid-Selig - Germany Image 89 of 102 Gary Hunter - United States Image 90 of 102 BOGDAN MOCANU - Romania Image 91 of 102 Emil BA - Israel Image 92 of 102 Bradford Richman - United States Image 93 of 102 Michael Camilleri - Australia Image 94 of 102 HENRY SMITH - United States Image 95 of 102 John Noone - Great Britain (UK) Image 96 of 102 ashokdm12 - India Image 97 of 102 Vicki Endsgaard - Denmark Image 98 of 102 Tony Webb - United States Image 99 of 102 Richard Grant - United States Image 100 of 102 Artem Laptev - Russia Image 101 of 102 Ramon Laske - Germany Image 102 of 102 Francois Duminy - South Africa Other GuruShots contests:
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