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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 214 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 213 and then post your links in the comment section. Your entries won’t be judged—this is just for the fun of it!

Happy New Year!

For this challenge, photograph the interior of a historical landmark and capture a sense of the location. For example: a lighthouse, a mansion owned by someone famous, an old train station or a cathedral. Use of natural appearance HDR techniques and/or a long exposure and use of a tripod are highly recommended.

OFFICIAL ENTRY RULES
To officially enter the Creative Challenge, you must tag your three submissions with creative-challenge-landmark-interiors. 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 big photo of the day 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 21st,  through 12:00 p.m on January 2nd  (all times EST). 

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

Next Challenge Theme: Glass – used for both artistic and practical purposes, utilize a creative perspective and lighting to portray glass in an artistic manner.

Whether traditional or contemporary, nothing gets us in the holiday spirit more then listening to Christmas music! For the last creative challenge we asked everyone to to take their favorite Christmas song and intrepret it via photography. It was a difficult decision, but the judges felt that the top 10 images below best captured the essence of the song with technique and subject matter.  To view all of the submitted entries, please visit the DISPLAY PAGE.

There will be no voting on images this week due to the upcoming holiday. However, please join us for the next Creative Challenge which starts on Wednesday – Landmark Interiors

Thank you to each and every of you who participated in the challenge.  We hope that you have a joyus, healthy and safe holiday with your family and friends!

#1. “White Christmas” by member akoene100 - Congratulations! Your photo will be featured on the Webshots homepage tomorrow!

#2. “Personent Hodie” Advent Wreath Song by member geliza

#3. “Do You Hear What I Hear?” by member ldeiter78

#4.  “Winter Wonderland” by member bigsister861

#5.  “O Christmas Tree” by member sigfusson

#6. “Let it Snow” by member crissia_b

#7. “White Christmas” by member jtanguay2

#8. ” Angels From the Realms of Glory” by member amberwayne52

#9. “Frosty the Snowman” by member Darlaree

#10. “Jingle Bells” by member cabrosh

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 212 and then post your links in the comment section. Your entries won’t be judged—this is just for the fun of it!

It’s the most wonderful time of the year and we want to help you celebrate the season in style! For a limited time only, we’re offering both our Gold and Platinum Premium Memberships for an amazing 25% off! That’s $14.99 for Gold (normally $19.99) and $29.99 (normally $39.99) for Platinum for your first year of membership!

With the hustle and bustle of the holiday season underway, take some time out to relax and treat yourself to one of two Premium memberships complete with:

• Unlimited downloads of all professional photos
• Access to high-res and widescreen images
• More personal photo and video storage
• Premium customer service
• No third-party ads

In addition to all of those goodies, as a Premium member you’ll be able to enjoy 25 all-new photos from our 25 Days of Christmas Premium Collection as well as the ability to make full-length, downloadable Picture Shows (Platinum Members Only) just in time to send to family and friends for the holidays!

The holidays are such a magical time and we want to share the spirit of the season with you. Don’t miss out on this special Christmas gift!

Congratulations to member bannercgtl10 who captured the Christmas Trees: People’s Choice Photo of the Day!  Your photo will be featured on the homepage soon!

Congratulations to those talented members whose work was recognized  and also a big thank you to those who voted.

Feeling the holiday spirit? We hope you will enter the current Creative Challenge: Christmas Songs. 

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 211 and then post your links in the comment section. Your entries won’t be judged—this is just for the fun of it!

Time sure has flown by – it’s already December and you know what that means; the holidays are just around the corner!  It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas around here and the Webshots Team is surely getting into the spirit of the season.  We’re anxiously awaiting the holiday festivities and we want to pass the excitement on to you!

25 Days of Christmas is an all-new premium holiday collection of photos curated just for you to spread the joy of the season.  Every day through December 25th, one new photo will be added to the collection and by Christmas Day, you’ll have 25 festive photos to choose from to:

• Send as a special holiday greeting (now free for all members to send!)
• Share yuletide cheer with your family and friends on Facebook
• Decorate your desktop with jolly high-res or widescreen images

Let Webshots help you make your holiday season merry and bright this year! Merry Christmas!

Whether traditional or contemporary, nothing gets us in the holiday spirit more then listening to Christmas music! This week’s creative challenge is to take your favorite Christmas song and intrepret it via photography. For example the example photo above would fit “The Nutcracker Suite.”

Please include the song title in the photo title.

OFFICIAL ENTRY RULES
To officially enter the Creative Challenge, you must tag your three submissions with creative-challenge-christmas-songs. 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 big photo of the day 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 7th,  through 12:00 p.m on December 19th  (all times EST). 

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

Next Challenge Theme: Landmark Interiors – Photograph the interior of a historical landmark to convey a sense of place. For example: a lighthouse, a mansion owned by someone famous, an old train station or a cathedral. HDR techniques and/or a long exposure and use of a tripod are highly recommended.