Critique the Community

Scary

Welcome to the October installment of the Critique the Community! This month's critique theme is going to be "Scary," and we want to see your best photographs that scared you in some way. Maybe the image was scary to take, maybe it is scary to look at, or maybe it is scary for you to look back on now.

This one doesn't have to be about horror movies or Halloween, although those images are more than welcome too. A scary photo could be a shot you took hanging out of a helicopter, a storm you probably should have run from, a wild animal that got a little too close, an abandoned building that made the hair on your neck stand up, or even an old client image that makes you cringe today. What matters is that the photo carries a feeling of fear, tension, or unease, and that you can tell us why.

This month's theme, "Scary," is intentionally broad and open to any genre, and anyone can enter, so don't feel limited by what you normally shoot. Feel free to enter your best landscape, portrait, wildlife, street, documentary, sports, wedding, or conceptual images. There are basically no rules on what the image can feature so long as it made you, or will make the viewer, feel scared or unsettled.

Rules

1. Each photographer may submit up to three images.
2. This month's contest features a pretty broad theme, therefore any type of photograph is acceptable. However, the image must be scary in some way: scary to take, scary to view, or scary to look back on.
3. 10 Images will be chosen by Lee and Patrick for the video critique.
4. Finally, every image submitted MUST HAVE some written commentary on how the image was created, what gear was used, and most importantly, why this image represents "scary" to you. Any photo with a single sentence description will not be included.

Prizes

The top 3 images will each win credit to the Fstoppers Store, which can be used on anything in the store:

• 1st Place - $600 Fstoppers Store credit
• 2nd Place - $400 Fstoppers Store credit
• 3rd Place - $200 Fstoppers Store credit

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Good luck to everyone who enters and we look forward to seeing your best "Scary" photographs!

Cover image by Peter Knight.