Shadow Hunting in theHunter: Call of the Wild (Why I keep dying?)

This Week's Contest theme by the Gaming Photography Community is Shadow Hunting and for this, I took some photos in theHunter: Call of the Wild.

This was a tough one for me because of the lack of a photo mode in theHunter: Call of the Wild (they need one for sure). You can't control the weather and most of the maps I visited had overcast conditions. I had to spend a lot of money on resting and skipping time so I could get a clear sky for my shots.

Let's go to the Medved-Taiga, the snow map, first. White snow turns out to be a good canvas for our shadows. I had to change the time three times (each costing exponentially more than the last). The first subject for us is my Sheru. He always wants to ruin my shots so I wanted to take his photo first. Maybe after this, he won't try to ruin them...lol.

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This map gets covered with snow throughout the day, unlike maps which accumulate snow only after a snowfall. It also has some of the best predators including Grizzly bears and Wolves. I think that's why they have a store room which is above the surface. This structure has always intrigued me... I am not quite sure what's the purpose of this. It's like a birdhouse but too big for those. That's why I said, it might be a store room to keep your belongings safe from Bears or something.

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The best shot came from the watch tower. It is the only way to get a bird's eye view of the area and the shadow it casts on the snow is worth sharing.

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Now, let's go to Yukon Valley, one of the favourite places to go and hunt in the game. This time we were trying to hunt some shadows. A lone tree standing in the Crimson Valley become my target. Sheru wanted to come into the frame too.

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The grass was mostly green on the eastern side of the reserve. There stood a tall watch tower. It was one of the first watch towers I even climbed on this map. But this one wasn't as open as the last one. I had to take an extreme measure and jump out from the top in hopes of taking a couple of pictures before I hit the ground. My death was inevitable and it did happen...so, tell me, was it worth it for this picture?

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Talking about deaths, I had an interesting incident with the ATV (No, I didn't light it up in flames again...not while it was still visible at least...lol).

It was a beautiful morning on top of the highest mountain in Silver Ridge Peaks. What was the plan? To sacrifice myself for pictures again. I hopped onto my ATV and tried to go downhill. But there was no road and it was too bumpy.

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My ATV did a cool side flip with me and threw me out. Then it went on to do many more flips while going down the slope. I watched it for some time until it was too far and disappeared. Well, at least this time it didn't catch on fire.

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I took some more shots driving that ATV. This time I was gentle with it.

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The shadows over the slopes looked good. You can see one such example in the first picture. Let me share another one from a different hill. I spent a lot of time in here...got distracted and hunted some animals.

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I went to Cuatro Colinas but didn't find good shadows for a long time. Then I had an interesting idea. There is a church on top of a local hill here. The cross on top of the church would be an interesting shadow. So, I had to fiddle with the time a bit (I spent some more cash), and finally, I got what I was looking for. This alone made me tired and I decided to change the map.

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I went to Vurhonga Savannah. Some interesting trees in here form good shadows on the ground. I have shared some similar shots before.

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I took some shots of flags too. You can see them on the outposts.

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My last destination was Layton Lake District. I had to tweak the time again. Why every map was cloudy today? I wanted to capture the shadow of a live animal this time. A deer would be nice, I thought to myself. But those were cautious and would sense me every time I tried to get close to them. After a few unsuccessful attempts, I decided to call it off. So, I just took this shot from a nearby hunting stand.

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It was tiring as I travelled to a lot of reserves, tried to get a clear sky, and not get distracted myself with hunting or finding ways to blow up my ATV. I hope you like it.