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Photo walks, a popular activity among photo-sharing communities, let us all be a part of something no matter where we are in the world. By taking a walk this weekend and sharing the pictures with us, you’re contributing to a global mural of life.

So put on your walking shoes, grab your camera and go for a walk. You’ll be surprised at the photographic opportunities that present themselves. We’d love to see all of your photos as you can submit as many as you like!

Please tag your photos with Weekend Photo Walk 109 and then post your links in the comment section. Your entries won’t be judged—this is just for the fun of it!

A new year means new goals and resolutions. For this challenge document the habits, goals or changes you wish to make in the new year. A visual reminder of your resolve can serve as a constant reminder throughout the year and help you achieve your goal. An image of a mountain or sunrise might be symbolic of your goal to have a brighter outlook or enjoy the outdoors more. While a literal interpretation such as a dirty ashtray could be the reminder you need to keep you on the no smoking track. What do you wish to achieve in 2010?

OFFICIAL ENTRY RULES
To officially enter the Creative Challenge, you must tag your three submissions with creative-challenge-resolutions. You can then view them and everyone else’s submissions on the DISPLAY PAGE (it updates about every hour). To find out more about this, read the Using Tags on Creative Challenges post.

Submission Guidelines
1. Our editors look for sharp, clear horizontal images that are at a minimum resolution of 800×600 (submissions can have larger resolutions than this). Currently, vertical images cannot fit in the homepage template. Therefore, we cannot publish vertical or narrow panoramic images.

2. Images with added text or images, including watermarks, logos, copyright symbols, graphic borders, frames and time stamps, will not be considered for first place or being featured on the homepage at a later date. Collages, however, are acceptable. Images submitted should be your own.

3. Please do not submit pictures that have already been featured on the homepage.

4. The Creative Challenge runs from 12:01 a.m. on December 23 to 12:00 p.m. on January 4 (all times EST).

5. 3 pictures per person (regardless of how many member accounts you have) tagged exactly (including hyphens) with: creative-challenge-resolutions

*Note:Images that don’t meet the exact guidelines can be submitted and viewed for everyone to enjoy, but please understand that we cannot publish images that don’t meet minimum guidelines on the homepage. Also, now that you’re tagging your entries, you don’t need to post links in the comments section anymore.

NEXT CHALLENGE THEME: Good Morning
What starts your day off right? Is it a glorious sunrise, a hearty breakfast, a brisk walk communing with nature, the smiling face of a loved one or maybe hitting the snooze alarm? Share your best morning moments in the next creative challenge.

For the this creative challenge, we asked our members to share a holiday moment, decoration, symbolic object or a visual story. There were so many excellent entries submitted, that it was a very difficult decision to select a winner. If you’re interested in viewing all the entries, please visit our display page. We’ve posted our favorite fifteen images below, but each and every one could be a future featured photo of the day. Once again, we would like to thank you for creating so many amazing images throughout the year.

Also, we would like to wish everyone a happy holiday and a prosperous new year!

#1. Dreamin’ of a White Christmas by member ldeiter78  – Congratulations! Your photo will be featured on the homepage tomorrow!

#2. Christmas at Home by member stanpacz

#3. Noel Baubles by hjaynefoster

#4. Sleeping Beauty’s Castle, Disneyland by member Darlaree

#5. Ball of Gold in the Snow 2 by member phillipgarding

#6. Happy Holidays by member DANMMYERS

#7. Christmas Time in the City by member BarbWhite60

#8. Dockside Christmas by rjscholten

#9. Cabin at Christmas by bigsister861

#10. Mirror Mirror by member lynnie440

#11. Snowflake 10 by member pete1111

#12. Snowman and Poinsettias by tfm446

#13. Decorations in the snow by member camera_man

#14. Silver Reindeer by member marilynlemmon

#15. Let it Snow by member police370

Photo walks, a popular activity among photo-sharing communities, let us all be a part of something no matter where we are in the world. By taking a walk this weekend and sharing the pictures with us, you’re contributing to a global mural of life.

So put on your walking shoes, grab your camera and go for a walk. You’ll be surprised at the photographic opportunities that present themselves. We’d love to see all of your photos as you can submit as many as you like!

Please tag your photos with Weekend Photo Walk 108 and then post your links in the comment section. Your entries won’t be judged—this is just for the fun of it!

Photo walks, a popular activity among photo-sharing communities, let us all be a part of something no matter where we are in the world. By taking a walk this weekend and sharing the pictures with us, you’re contributing to a global mural of life.

So put on your walking shoes, grab your camera and go for a walk. You’ll be surprised at the photographic opportunities that present themselves. We’d love to see all of your photos as you can submit as many as you like!

Please tag your photos with Weekend Photo Walk 107 and then post your links in the comment section. Your entries won’t be judged—this is just for the fun of it!

It happens every year, the holidays sneak up on us! Christmas, Hanukkah and New Year’s are coming up fast. For the this creative challenge, share a holiday moment, decoration, symbolic object or visual story and you just might be featured on the homepage!

OFFICIAL ENTRY RULES
To officially enter the Creative Challenge, you must tag your three submissions with creative-challenge-happyholidays. You can then view them and everyone else’s submissions on the DISPLAY PAGE (it updates about every hour). To find out more about this, read the Using Tags on Creative Challenges post.

Submission Guidelines
1. Our editors look for sharp, clear horizontal images that are at a minimum resolution of 800×600 (submissions can have larger resolutions than this). Currently, vertical images cannot fit in the homepage template. Therefore, we cannot publish vertical or narrow panoramic images.

2. Images with added text or images, including watermarks, logos, copyright symbols, graphic borders, frames and time stamps, will not be considered for first place or being featured on the homepage at a later date. Collages, however, are acceptable. Images submitted should be your own.

3. Please do not submit pictures that have already been featured on the homepage.

4. The Creative Challenge runs from 12:01 a.m. on December 7 to 12:00 p.m. on December 21 (all times EST).

5. 3 pictures per person (regardless of how many member accounts you have) tagged exactly (including hyphens) with: creative-challenge-happyholidays

*Note:Images that don’t meet the exact guidelines can be submitted and viewed for everyone to enjoy, but please understand that we cannot publish images that don’t meet minimum guidelines on the homepage. Also, now that you’re tagging your entries, you don’t need to post links in the comments section anymore.

NEXT CHALLENGE THEME: Resolutions
A new year means new goals and resolutions. For the next challenge document the habits, goals or changes you wish to make in the new year. A visual reminder of your resolve can serve as a constant reminder throughout the year and help you achieve your goal. An image of a mountain or sunrise might be symbolic of your goal to have a brighter outlook or enjoy the outdoors more. While a literal interpretation such as a dirty ashtray could be the reminder you need to keep you on the no smoking track. What do you wish to achieve in 2010?

If one is good, isn’t more better? In this challenge, we looked for multiples of a given subject (trees, people, etc.) that made the image stronger and more interesting by their repetition, patterns, or composition. Congratulations to this week’s winning entries! To view all the entries please visit the Display Page.

#1. Golden Trio by ldeiter78 – Congrats! We’ll feature your photo on the homepage tomorrow!

#2. Table for 200 Please! by sigfusson

#3. Close up to a Cactus by kiwi_ken

#4. Athens Guards in Symmetry by shakatak66

#5. Waterspouts Lined Up in a Row by kellimays

#6. Numbers by mmarco1954

#7. Sunbeds Multiples by swissmike62

#8. Network by akoene100

#9. Hot Hot Hot by bfryxell

#10. Gannet Nests by ghawazigirl

Photo walks, a popular activity among photo-sharing communities, let us all be a part of something no matter where we are in the world. By taking a walk this weekend and sharing the pictures with us, you’re contributing to a global mural of life.

So put on your walking shoes, grab your camera and go for a walk. You’ll be surprised at the photographic opportunities that present themselves. We’d love to see all of your photos as you can submit as many as you like!

Please tag your photos with Weekend Photo Walk 106 and then post your links in the comment section. Your entries won’t be judged—this is just for the fun of it!