Hot Pic of the Week
Get published, get famous! Each week, we select our favorite reader-submitted photo based on creativity, originality and technique. Every month, the best of the weekly winners gets a prize valued at between $15 and $50.
Here's how to enter: Send us your photograph in JPEG format, at a resolution no higher than 640 by 480 pixels. Entries at higher resolutions will be immediately disqualified. If necessary, use an image editing program to reduce the file size of your image before e-mailing it to us. Include the title of your photo along with a short description and how you photographed it. Don't forget to send your name, e-mail address, and postal address. Before entering, please read the full description of the contest rules and regulations.
This week's Hot Pic: "Camping in Monument Valley," by Cheryl Golden, Garden Grove, California
Cheryl says: "This was the last day of a four-day camping trip in Navajo country in Monument Valley. My motor home was parked to the right of this particular campsite, and each afternoon a different family would park next to me for the evening. This day, a gentleman set up his tent on the edge of this bluff overlooking the valley. Using my Olympus E-20N set on aperture priority, I was able to capture the simple beauty of the area. The sun was setting and a nearby cabana had cast a shadow over part of the bluff. I removed the shadow by cloning over it using Photoshop."
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