Online Art Contest - Contre -Jour Photography

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Contest Rules

Contre -Jour Photography 'Contre jour'

This contest is hosted by the MONOCHROME PHOTOGRAPHY GROUP. To join, simply click on the avatar to the right under the Sponsoring Group to be taken to our FABULOUS MONOCHROME PHOTOGRAPHY GROUP. !!

I'd like to give you a big welcome to our fun-group….. !!!

I am happy to see your work and what you want to share!!!
This group is made of great artists who shares many works on vivid visions in black and white PHOTOGRAPHY. We accept only original works and NO colorised or altered art as vintage royalty free images. You must be the author of the arts. The art for this particular contest-- subject must be identified within our clear theme as Shadow detail and silhouettes. Contre-jour French for “against Daylight') is a photographic techinique which the camera is pointing directly toward source of light/Day light and an equivalent technique of painting photos with light..

Contre-jour is synonymous with silhouette photography– where the subject’s shape against the light background is all that can be seen. That is an approach you can experiment with for this project, but you can also balance out the bold outline backlighting creates with some evidence of detail in your darker subject area. This can be managed in-camera using the exposure compensation and histogram controls to manage the intensity of the tonal range. However, when developing the image in software, see how applying a little shadow reduction brings out hints of shape and detail in your backlit subject. This will develop greater levels of interest in this key area. The emphasis will still be dark against bright, but your subject does not always need to be a solid, underexposed shape.

RULES:
1. Only photography.
2. NO other mediums or mixed media (ONLY Photography, which is specified in the details of your work)
3. No digital manipulated added digital art/photography of any kind composite of multiple photos. Any photo painting / effects adding digital touches ,But non acrylic paintings effects. )
4. NO nudity, violence.
5. Any abstract work for this contest.
6. The contest winners get published in the Pinterest ' FAA GLOBAL ARTISTS' DEDICATED PIN ' IN MY PAGE. Also they will be included in the contest wining thread in our discussion area.
You may submit 2 images!!
Avoid submitting easy clicks or snap photography.

Thank you all so much!! I look forward to seeing your amazing ideas!!
_ CYRIL

(**As administrator, I have the right to accept or deny any artworks submitted. )