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After a continuous run of almost a decade, contest participation has gotten extremely low. See Contest is definitely dead. Now what? for more, and for possible next steps to revitalize it.

Also, you may instead want to check out the new Photo Competition on the main site! See also the Meta post, New Photo Contest.


This is the place to submit and vote on photos to be featured on the the main site. This contest should showcase your best quality work, demonstrating at least moderate skill with a camera and a general understanding of the artistic aspects of photography. Remember, the selected photo will be displayed on our main site header for a week. Submit something that you and the members of our site will want to look at and admire for seven days! This contest is for the community to choose what they LIKE (not what they dislike), so downvotes aren't allowed — see below for more.

Contest Format

Starting in December 2012, this contest follows a new perpetual format with continuously-rolling voting. Submit and vote on photos whenever you like. Every Monday (give or take; it's done by hand when site moderators have a spare moment), the top-voted image will be selected as the winner, and:

Then, the contest will continue with the remaining photos in the thread.

(Note that the themed photo contest will work on a different scheme.)

Voting Rules

  • Vote up as many images as you like.

  • Make sure to look at the "active" tab for this question to see new submissions.

  • Up votes only! Do NOT vote down your competitors! If you don't like an image, don't vote. (If you notice a downvote on an entry, make a note in a comment, and that will be taken into account when the weekly winner is selected.)

  • When you vote, consider the small size primarily, even if a larger image is linked. This contest's primary function is to select a header image, and we need the winners to be successful at that size.

Submitter Rules

  • Showcase your best work in any genre of photography by providing your image inline in an answer.

  • You may enter one photo per week. This is on the honor system, but abuse will eventually earn a strong talking-to.

  • Don't re-enter the same photo. Since the contest is continual, there's no need. You may withdraw an image from the contest at any time by deleting the answer.

  • You may edit your entry to fix problems or to add missing information, but don't switch the photo itself for a different one, or make gratuitous edits simply to "bump" the entry.

  • Images must be 210 px high and up to 375 px wide. This is the requirement for the header. Please feel free to provide a link to a larger version, but as explained above, the primary focus is on the header image.

  • For the same reason, images must be in landscape orientation.

  • Images must not contain any artificially added borders, watermarks, or decorations of any kind.

  • Do not use this as a forum for photo critique. Use chat instead, or ask a specific question about your image on the main site.

  • The submitted image must conform to this site's content license, cc-wiki with attribution required. If you're not comfortable with that, this isn't the contest for you.

Submitter notes

Be patient! This contest is relatively obscure, and it takes a while for images to accumulate votes. It's normal for really excellent images to have only one or two upvotes even after a time. The format of the contest should let them rise to the top eventually.

Feel free to include a concise description that explains the image, the emotions behind it, and so on, and perhaps some explanation of gear and exposure settings. This site is a collaboration for teaching and learning, so it's great to know those things — but it's not required for the contest.

When we get up and running with featuring these photos on the blog, this will provide the opportunity to go into more depth and to engage in conversation about your work.

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    \$\begingroup\$ As with all past contests, I'd like to stress the up-vote only policy. Let's keep our contest cordial. This is not a place for critique or a forum within which to express dislike, choose what you like, have fun, and let the contest roll! \$\endgroup\$
    – jrista
    Dec 4, 2012 at 22:22
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    \$\begingroup\$ See also: Regarding ties. Regarding image size/shape/orientation. \$\endgroup\$
    – jrista
    Jan 8, 2013 at 1:53
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    \$\begingroup\$ Please use this thread for discussion of what we should do about the PotW contest threads going forward. I agree that there are issues involved with a single everlasting thread, and we should be open to suggestions. \$\endgroup\$
    – jrista
    Apr 8, 2014 at 0:16
  • \$\begingroup\$ I suspect very few people are digging down to the bottom - based on dates and my past upvotes on other pictures and where they are in the heap now. A link to the entry page may help (or may exist and I've missed it). Something like ENTRIES START AT BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE - HAVE A LOOK \$\endgroup\$ Oct 9, 2014 at 13:27
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    \$\begingroup\$ @RussellMcMahon It does say Make sure to look at the "active" tab for this question to see new submissions. which is like that but better. :) \$\endgroup\$
    – mattdm
    Oct 9, 2014 at 13:33

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Reflection

Reflection

Taken at National Park "De Meinweg", The Netherlands. Larger image available here.

Nikon D40 with Sigma 24mm f/2.8
f/7.1, 1/200s, ISO 200
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    \$\begingroup\$ This would be awesome if framed to be vertically symmetric! \$\endgroup\$
    – clabacchio
    Aug 23, 2013 at 13:16
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High Resolution Image here: Nature by Parth Bhatt @500px

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Nature's Red and Green Show

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Location: Dubai Palm Jumeirah.

Canon EOS

ISO:100

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My Masterpiece

Masterpiece

Larger

Canon 40D, Sigma 17-50mm F2.8 @ 35mm F3.5, iso 1600
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Long shot

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Camera: Canon 550D  
Lens: Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8-4.5 DC OS HSM
Focal Length: 18mm
Aperture: f/22
Shutter: 10s
ISO: 100

Shot in Norway during sunset using the Black Card Technique and probably with a ND8 filter.

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As I was performing a backup, this bee decided to check if the disc was connected correctly.

Digital Bee

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Graffiti

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  • \$\begingroup\$ Its more like a cyborg. \$\endgroup\$
    – Nouman
    Oct 12, 2018 at 12:29
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enter image description here

  • Camera: Canon EOS 650D
  • Lens: 18-55mm
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Apricot Blossom

apricot blossom

Taken on a sunny day in my backyard!

full image here

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Sunset at Görlitzer Park

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Camera: Canon 550D
Lens: Sigma 18-50mm F2.8-4.5 DC OS HSM
Focal length: 50mm
Aperture: f/13
Shutter: 1/250
ISO: 100

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Sunset

Sunset

Camera: SONY NEX-5, Taken on 2013/06/08 21:30:49, Exposure: 0.025s (1/40), Focal Length: 18.00mm, F/Stop: f/4.500, ISO Speed: ISO200, Exposure Bias: 0.00 EV, No flash

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Bright in the eye!

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Taken in the community garden of Tempelhof Airport park in Berlin.

Camera: Canon 550D
Lens: Sigma 18-50mm F2.8-4.5 DC OS HSM
Focal length: 18mm
Aperture: f/2.8
Shutter: 1/400
ISO: 100

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Bangles

Bangles

You can see larger versions from: https://www.flickr.com/photos/117290766@N08/13908738361/

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Summer

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Full version

Camera: SONY NEX-5, Taken on 2013/06/02 15:15:00, Exposure: 0.002s (1/640), Focal Length: 18.00mm, F/Stop: f/7.100, ISO Speed: ISO200, Exposure Bias: 0.00 EV, No flash

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Orange Line

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This photo includes bits of Somerville, Medford, Everett, and Charlestown/Boston, Massachusetts, all in one seemingly-compressed scene. (Includes the MBTA orange line, control tower for the Amelia Earhart Dam locks, the MWRA 1.5mw turbine, the blue line of a big box store, and various industrial smokestacks.)

larger version

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  • \$\begingroup\$ I really want to like this but I'd want a bit more sky above the tall stack and a smidge of gap between the blade and the right stock, it is bothering me... \$\endgroup\$ Jul 17, 2014 at 22:37
  • \$\begingroup\$ @PaulCezanne Thanks for the feedback. I agree that the crop is too tight, especially on the sky — that's mostly an artifact of the crop I made for the contest.. it's hard to fit everything in and be large enough to show the detail. \$\endgroup\$
    – mattdm
    Jul 18, 2014 at 16:19
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    \$\begingroup\$ I also see what you're saying about the windmill blade and the stack; I also think that works better larger.... but I like it this way in a way I can't quite articulate... something about the square that's made, maybe, and a kind of connection between the disparate elements. \$\endgroup\$
    – mattdm
    Jul 18, 2014 at 16:21
  • \$\begingroup\$ (I'll go back to my series from the day and see what I passed on; there are others from different perspective and with the blades in a different configuration.) \$\endgroup\$
    – mattdm
    Jul 18, 2014 at 16:22
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The Puppa

This picture took with my Olympus FE-210 from my village in kerala.

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  • \$\begingroup\$ Hi! It's nice to see you participating in the contest, but please take a look at the submitter rules. There it says You may enter one photo per week. This is on the honor system, but abuse will eventually earn a strong talking-to. Please change your entry accordingly. \$\endgroup\$ Jul 31, 2014 at 20:32
  • \$\begingroup\$ @BartArondson: Sorry for the inconvenience caused. I didn't noticed it. I changed the entry.. Thanks for notifying me. :) \$\endgroup\$
    – Nemo
    Aug 1, 2014 at 5:58
  • \$\begingroup\$ @BartArondson I believe the bigger issue is that two photos should not be in the same answer, else the moderators have no way of determining which image is the one everyone is voting for. \$\endgroup\$ Aug 1, 2014 at 7:43
  • \$\begingroup\$ It was the bigger issue, but I saw no rules against it and addressed the problem in this way. \$\endgroup\$ Aug 1, 2014 at 9:16
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Orchid

Cute Little Orchid

Camera : Olympus FE 210
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  • \$\begingroup\$ i.imgur.com/FaBZNKV.png :) \$\endgroup\$
    – eogavy
    May 1, 2019 at 13:21
  • \$\begingroup\$ Hi @eogavy, May I know why you added this photo in imgur website? \$\endgroup\$
    – Nemo
    May 9, 2019 at 5:07
  • \$\begingroup\$ I could not add it via Stackexchange comments. Be assured, I've added it marked as "hidden", it does _not appear on the homepage/stream (page) and I've added attribution in the description. \$\endgroup\$
    – eogavy
    May 9, 2019 at 19:44
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Here is my contribution :

enter image description here

Canon EOS 6D
F/6.3
1/60 seconds
ISO-800
100 mm

Bigger version here

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Warszawa

Warszawa

Camera: SONY NEX-5; Taken on 2013/08/13 11:30:16; Exposure: 0.004s (1/250); Focal Length: 24.00mm; F/Stop: f/11.000; ISO Speed: ISO200; Exposure Bias: 0.00 EV; No flash

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A busy street in New York

A busy New York street

This picture was taken in the late afternoon at a busy New York street. The lights coming from the shops, restaurants, the reflection from the vehicles passing on the street, the faded paint of the old building, and a recent movie poster altogether were making this whole scene so colorful. I had to do the HDR processing of the image to really bring out all the details, and colors.

The full sized image can be seen here: https://copy.com/TkeMOnT2rfvjXRry

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Fall

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A blurry image as a contrast to all the sharpness. It's a single exposure using a 1.6-second shutter, during which the camera was panned and then held still.

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Hey there!

Animal

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Single and many (একা এবং কয়েকজন)

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F L I C K R

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The Stray

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    \$\begingroup\$ This has been downvoted against the rules... \$\endgroup\$ Jun 25, 2015 at 13:44
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    \$\begingroup\$ Which rule has this broken? \$\endgroup\$
    – Octopus
    Jun 25, 2015 at 20:04
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    \$\begingroup\$ No, i'm flagging the fact this has had a downvote. There's nothijg wrong with this pic. Downvotes are not allowed in photos in this contest. \$\endgroup\$ Jun 25, 2015 at 20:11
  • \$\begingroup\$ Oh I see. You are saying the downvote was against the rules. I misunderstood. \$\endgroup\$
    – Octopus
    Jun 26, 2015 at 17:19
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Red Flower. Red Flower.

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Resting on a lazy day.....

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Taken with Canon SX-150 IS

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  • \$\begingroup\$ @damnedtruths-I have tried to resize it and posted an answer below but its too small...can you help me to resize the image?? \$\endgroup\$
    – Soham
    Sep 24, 2015 at 5:26
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Mallcop

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Shot from the hip,
at a one/six-forty clip
of the time.

Opened f-over-four, (and a half)
brought light all the more,
Kept the senses all low to a 100
and fine.

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Inyo National Forest, California, USA. Taken four years ago on my vacation. Inyo National Forest, California

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