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: "Alone," by John Gillett, Burlington, Ontario

John writes: "During my lunch in Toronto each day, I enjoy taking a walk with my camera. On this particular day I went to Toronto City Hall. I noticed that most people populate the outskirts, leaving the center barren and empty. I decided to try to get a minimalistic shot of a lone walker brave enough to forge across this expanse on his own. I walked most of the way up a long ramp to get a good vantage point and staked out the area. This is the result."

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