Photo Contest: Hot Pics for August

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8/2/10 Hot Pic: "Emma's Piggies" by Karen Moran, Phoenix, Arizona

Karen says: "I took this photo of my best friend's daughter, since she is constantly telling me how much she loves her toes. I took this photo in natural sunlight, using a Canon 30D with a wide-angle lens."

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8/9/10 Hot Pic: "Blood Red Veins" by Rick A. Leikam, Saskatchewan, Canada

Rick says: "I took this photo in the Royal Conservatory at the Mendel Art Gallery in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. I used a Sony CyberShot H7."

8/16/10 Hot Pic: "Get Ready" by Christopher Lucka, New York

Christopher says: "I took this photo of a teenager playing baseball in the South Bronx using my FujiFilm FinePix S9100."

8/23/10 Hot Pic: "Southwest Exposure" by Bob Estrin, Gilbert, Arizona

Bob says: "I took this photo of a Spanish mission in Tubac, Arizona, at the Tumacacori National Historical Park. This room was once used as the food storage area."

8/30/10 Hot Pic: "Colorful Spring Evening," by Sandeep Pawar, Glencoe, Illinois

Sandeep says: "I took this photo using a Canon XSI at Chicago Botanic Garden this spring. As I was on my way out of the garden, I saw amazing colors in the sky, and the colorful tulips provided a nice foreground. Since the light was fading, I took three shots at different exposures and then made a high dynamic range image using Photomatix Pro."

8/2/10 Runner-Up: "Nearing Sunset" by Ann de Ruig, Tzaneen, South Africa

Ann says: "The sky was cloudy, but as the sun set, it lit up this small patch of bush in front of my house. I snapped it quickly with my Sanyo S870 before the light faded."

8/9/10 Runner-Up: "Moon Over Hibiscus" by Gerald Bloniarz, Phoenix, Arizona

Gerald says: "I made this photo by compositing a nighttime photo of the moon and a morning-lit shot of a hibiscus flower."

8/16/10 Runner-Up: "Arizona Winter Morning" by Robert O'Donnell, Mesa, Arizona

Robert used a Song Alpha A350 to take this photo of the sun through a grape leaf in his backyard.

8/23/10 Runner-Up: "Dusty Sunset" by Joshua Mozdzier, Kissimmee, Florida

Joshua says: "My son and I were hiking with the Boy Scouts in Lake Wales, Florida, when I was experimenting with some camera settings and snapped this. I thought the dust added a cool effect in front of the the setting sun. I took the photo with a Canon EOS T1i."

8/30/10 Runner-Up: "Grand Finale," by Jeff Knowler, Windsor, Ontario

Jeff writes: "I shot this from atop a toboggan hill in Windsor, Ontario, which overlooked the Detroit skyline. I used a Canon S5is,with a 2.5-second exposure."