Shadow Hunters Contest Round 386 - The Day I Became a Shadow Hunter😂😄🗡️🗡️🗡️⚔️

Shadows are hunted, not mined.
Clear shadows are everywhere, yet we often fail to notice them.

When I was younger, I used to hear the men in my village say, “Shadows are watchers of our deeds in life.”

One day, I sat on the seat of my forefathers and asked the elders,
“Can shadows truly be hunted or captured, just like the bush meat you once hunted?”

They chuckled.
The answer was a clear no.
Yet, in the same breath, I’d still hear them say, “Stop hunting shadows!” 😂

What did they mean by that?
It simply means shadows aren’t real — they are only illusions of something real.

But guess what? I did capture a shadow. Does that make me a shadow hunter? Absolutely! 😂😄😄

How? Well, I captured it for this contest.
Does that make the contest vague or unreal?
Maybe. Maybe not. Probably my entry says it all.

Shadows are formed when light cannot pass through an opaque body. Check the images below. The darker the shadow, the stronger the light blocking its path and that is why I waited for the sun to shine.

So, here I am, proudly presenting my shadow, caught in the wild. 😂

These shadows were captured not with a spear, not with an arrow, not with a trap, not with a gun, not with a sniper, but with my lens.Shadow hunters contest is all about capturing a shadow and in the world of photography, even illusions are worth chasing.

My pen forms these words! ✍️

Thanks for visiting! 😊