This contest is open to photographers ranked between 1 and 250 in this week’s Leaderboard.
The blackness of animals seem to provoke particularly strong associations - the elegance, mystery, and power of a black panther, the cunning and regality of a raven, or the association between the dark arts and domesticated black cats. Images submitted to this contest can show wild, domestic, or captive animals.
Ranked Contests are a weekly chance to compete alongside photographers of a similar Leaderboard ranking. Three contests with the same theme run at one time - for photographers ranked 1-250; 251-1000; and 1001+. They open Saturday morning after that week’s leaderboard has been updated, and are open for 5 days. They are Premium Contests, Expert-judged, but with no Crowd vote, so are worth 3x the standard ranking points.
This contest is expert judged only with no rating by the crowd. You will be able to find out how you did when the judging or rating period has closed.