Weekly Photography Assignment: Golden Hour

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Each week we’ll be giving you a theme that you can submit a photo for, and we’ll choose our favourite to be featured on the Nature TTL website. Participating in these assignments will be a great way for you to encourage yourself to push the boundaries of your photography and improve together as a community on the website.

Enter to be our Monthly Assignment Winner!

From these weekly favourites, each month we will select one exceptional image, crowning the photographer as the Monthly Assignment Winner. This talented photographer’s captivating image will be shared on our Instagram story and in our newsletter.

Remember to include your Instagram handle in each weekly entry for a chance to be featured!

Week 298: Golden Hour

Our theme this week is Golden Hour, and we’d love to see what fantastic images of nature you can take at golden hour! The light at golden hour is known to transform images from mundane to extraordinary. This week we would like you to explore how the soft light of early morning or late evening can affect your nature photography. Perhaps you will photograph your favourite birds or mammals at first light, or a stunning landscape scene as the sun sets over the horizon. Maybe you will use interesting lighting techniques, such as backlighting, to make the most of these fleeting moments. Whether you’re a seasoned nature photographer, or are new to the genre, the options for awesome golden hour images are endless, and we can’t wait to see what inspiring images you can create.

Here are some tutorials to help you:

To enter your photo to this assignment, add it in the comments below this post. By submitting your photo, you are giving us permission to feature your photo the following week if it is chosen as one of our favourites. Please keep images under 2MB in size otherwise you may have difficulty uploading them.

weekly photo assignment — To enter your photo, look at the comments at the bottom of the page and press the ‘Upload Image’ button.

Here are some guidelines to keep things running smoothly:

Photos must be your own work
Please enter no more than 3 photos per week
Please only enter photos taken within the LAST WEEK
Include a description with your photo and tell us a bit about it!

You have until next Monday, 23th of September, to submit your photo.

Last week’s winner

Last week’s theme was Water – and our favourite image this week is:

This week’s winner is this image, captured by Ugoline Godeau: “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head”. Over the weekend, I took my first photography class, which had been scheduled for 6 months. It never rains in my region, but that day, it rained all day. It was disappointing, but also very instructive to experiment with the rain.

This charming portrait is a wonderful capture of character, and takes a creative look at the theme of water by capturing a species interacting with their watery environment. The creative composition gives room for the subject in the frame, and pulls the viewer straight into the scene. Well done, and thank you to all who entered!