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All together people have to realize it is just a game and is for free. You dont need to buy anything if you ddont want... I like it because it picked my hooby made me to go and take pictures do research how to do different fotos techniques. Sometimes frustrating but well its a game and when i dont like it any more ill just delete it.

Have spent a lot of my life here, and can honestly say doing so has made me more self-critical and less emotionally attached to my photos. I also have improved technically and have worked hard to get to "Master" level, but think there is something lacking in my work that I search for that might get a Guru's attention... the public vote? Nah. Because I can predict exactly what images will be popular, and it is the same ol' same ol. Super glad photos can't win more than once... there was a certain photo of some black dogs that showed up so much I wanted to gag. Still problems with "similar" photos... the description should be very concise... different subject, different back ground... none should look anywhere close to the others in the set, lol. If you want to use the site, be sure to look up the definitions used in the descriptions... an amphibian is not a fish or a crab! Vanishing point relates to parallel lines. Minimalist photos have recognizable subjects, where abstract ones may not. I would love to see more creativity in the contests... I am constantly thinking of them, lol. Such as "The Accidental Photo that Worked" or "Ancestors" etc. etc. Be creative, and leave your phone shots on your phone... don't waste everyone's time. Thanks to Gurushots.

If your very much into photography this is a awesome place to see different perspectives beautiful learning for beginners or advanced and so much more studying purposes mostly to make you skills more productive & professional!

However if your into photography contest and your not from Europe or of European descent i don't really recommend you enter as in almost all the competitions I've seen very little to no none European based photos win or even rank anywhere in the top 10 this is a site based on the world view and so should the winners or even ranker reflect that perspective. If you are diverse and your work is diverse it would probable be better to go elsewhere as this appears to be a Whitewashing site base, as i saw very little diversity in race & cultural photography (asia, africa, latin america or other) all topics are open but end results seem to be the same, i challenge you to test and view from your own perspective if your non European especially? Or even European?

Yes i have also entered contest and still do and me being non-white have a great diversity of photos high-end and standard of all types of photography including European based and its crazy how my European photo rank and its not always my best works but yet they rank elite and above without hard work so i use this to my advantage as you'll get way better results in the contest hint! If you cant beat them join them lol

That being said you can still learn a lot from this site to take with you in real world scenario's

If you love photography, love to show it off, love to see photography, and love to enter challenges then Guru Shots is the website for you. Addictive and brilliance.