‘Picturesque Sunset’, shot by Kartik Prakash Rao, has won the 14th installment of the Gulf Times Instagram Contest.

Kartik, 18, a student at Ideal Indian School, recently took his Grade 12 examination.

Having an interest in automobiles, electronics and photography, the youth likes to take pictures of nature and the beauty that surrounds it.

The Indian national, living in Qatar since his childhood, was taking part in a photography contest for the first time.

His father who came to Qatar in 1986, works as general manager at Al Baida Transport Company.

A total of 131 Instagram followers of Gulf Times liked ‘Picturesque Sunset’, making it the winning entry out of 15 photographs selected for the contest. There were also 31 comments.

 

Contest 15

The 15th installment of the Instagram competition starts on Sunday. Send in your photos shot in Qatar to [email protected]

Selected pictures will be posted on the Gulf Times Instagram account, with the name of the photographer mentioned.

The picture that gets the maximum number of likes and comments during a seven-day period will be declared the winner.

A like will get the picture one mark and a comment will fetch two marks.

The winning picture will be published in the Gulf Times print edition as well as on the web edition of Gulf Times, along with a short bio of the photographer.

So shutterbugs shoot and send now!

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