SCREENSHOT: Natural Photography

Hello Everyone and Welcome to a New competition style that I hope everyone will enjoy.

Competition Background Info.
There have been lots of competitions with capturing screen shots and so many more on modeling characters. I want to bring a competition that is going to require some real skill and a good eye to win. This competition will reward those who bring out the essence of the game, the entries will turn into more than just screen shots and should be looked upon as real meaningful photographs.



Rules and Regulations:
There are no real boundries on this competition topic. Simply find for me a real moment that you feel is more than just a "screen shot for fun". Think of it as you would if you were in a real photography contest. You want to take a real picture, a photograph that could be of anything in the game. The photograph must be natural, i.e. could not be staged with help from friends or guild mates. You don't even have to take a picture of someone you know. I prefer these pictures don't even include you, use first person mode to get awesome angles and shots. This all makes it like a real competition.

ABSOLUTELY NO PHOTOSHOPPING OR ALTERING OF THE PHOTOS UNLESS CROPPING IS REQUIRED THAT IS THE ONLY EXCEPTION

There can only be one entry per person and you cannot change your entry once it is entered.

YOU'RE ON YOUR HONOR
Meaning I can't determine whether or not these photos are staged or not so I trust that the entries will qualify for the standards of the competition.



Take into consideration these photos will be judged like a real photo contest and angles, lighting, and positions will be taken into consideration in the judging of the preliminary rounds.

The first round will total a unknown amount of finalists depending on how good the photos are and how many people enter. (I urge anyone and everyone to enter) After those finalists are chosen they will be judged by their peers (the people on these forums). And the final winner will be decided.


The Reward will be soon announced and should total to up to 100k+ amount of items and or cash.


The Contest will end after the 26th which means at 12:01am Jan 27th will be the end of the contest.

Please everyone happy shooting and Goodluck to you all

This seems fun ^^, but you should put in the rules that other than cropping we can't use photoshop or similar things to modify the picture.

I can't wait.

Ooo thought i would give it a shot;p

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p...tine/gw047.jpg

One of the five true Gods, Balthazar's temple in the Falls lies lost, however when the world is in triumph against the evil walking midst our times, his flames shine brightly, illuminating all that is dark in Tyria.


Well thats my entry^^

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Thank you Fey for the first entry

I urge everyone to enter even if you think you don't believe you are good enough. I want to see everyone's photos

Do we need to post anything other than the pic, like a description or anything?

Location: Drakkar Lake. View East to West, 8 shot panorama.
Tools used: Spear, Shield, Keyboard and mouse.

Ok, with this one I can't prove it's not staged, but I've shot this completely randomly about one and a half year ago and still think it's one of my best screens...

I took this a while ago, while Carto'ing, and thought I'd share:


I hope people like it, took a while for the corpses to disappear. It's Kournan, Jahai Bluffs area.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...77/gw068-1.jpg

theres my entry

cant seem to find an closing date, since I am on my laptop without any good screens I have to wait untill im on my regular pc again. And I dont know when that is.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c2...ko23/gw316.jpg

theres my entry

Might not be a winning pic, but this one graced my desktop through the winter >.<

http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/5922/gw106bb7.jpg

This contest looks really fun, and I was wondering when one these will pop up. And just for fun I'll submit one of my favorite places.

http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/4046/gw526as8ka8.jpg

its quite depressing how good other peoples graphics cards are compared to mine, but..



is my entry, Loved there the first time I saw it. :P

I thought I'd try my luck. This place is so awesome:

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/7434/gw894ky2.png

My entrance, have 2 more that I really liked (maybe more), but they are pretty common, if this isnt already!

My entry, I just love this area of the game.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b5...s/e5d2bc9a.jpg

I am honestly left speechless by some of your photos. Most of them are simply breath-taking and I now realize this will be hard to judge for the finalists. I urge everyone to continue to post your pictures please! These are so good, every single one has not come close to disappointing me.

My entry.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e2...1717/gw355.jpg