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

This creative challenge celebrates Journeys! From road trips to hiking a backwoods mountain, the journey is often more than the destination. It’s about scenic adventure and the activities you do and the road less taken along the way to recharge your batteries in nature. We highly recommend submitting images that inspire others to get off the couch, dust off your camera and get snapping. We posted a few extra photos below to get those creative juices flowing. Good Luck!

OFFICIAL ENTRY RULES
To officially enter the Creative Challenge, you must tag your three submissions with creative-challenge-journeys. 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 April 27 to 12:00 p.m. on May 9th (all times EST).

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

*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: Alternative Photo Techniques (examples: LOMO, HDR, Cell Photo Camera Apps, Polaroid Transfer, Calotype,  Van dyke, Cyanotype, Pinhole..etc.) – yes, filters that mimic these techniques may be used. No restriction for subject matter as long as it’s tasteful and falls within normal community terms of use.

Dear Members,

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The Webshots Team

In celebration of Bicycle Week coming up in May, we asked our creative community to turn their lenses to that two-wheeled wonder — the bike! As a youth, it’s a means to get you somewhere faster and a sign of independence (do you remember the first time you got to ride around the block by yourself?). From recreation to transportation, the bicycle gets you moving.

The entries for the challenge were fantastic. There was a wide variety of points of view, seasons and also some lovely post-processing techniques were used. We would like to encourage everyone to take a moment and view all the entries on the DISPLAY PAGE. Congratulations to everyone who made the top 10!

#1. “Velburg (Germany)” by member akoene100 - Congratulations! Your photo will be featured as the Big Photo of the Day (BPOTD) tomorrow!

#2. “Oyster House, Pittsburgh” by member ldeiter78

#3. “Canola Fields” by member jtanguay2

#4. “A Beautiful Spring Day” by member lehen1

#5. “Checking the Landing” by member rm_blizzard

#6. “Volendam” by peg353

#7. “Old and New in the Streets of Sighisoara, Romania” by ykarelic4

#8. “One American Life” by member bmanis51

#9. “Bicycle 2″ by member gigabi1

#10. “Snow Bike” by fotoshopjan

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

Webshots recently launched Photo Postcards to help you connect, express and celebrate life’s wonderful moments. Now, we’ve curated our favorite celebratory Pro Shots into an easy to find and send Greetings area!

The new Greetings tab on Webshots currently houses Birthday, Easter & Pets greeting collections. Over the next few months we’ll continue to expand this area to include other card sending occasions like Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Celebrations, etc.

In addition to our beautiful Pro Shots Postcards, we’re sharing fun eCards from our sister site, Egreetings! These always fun, free eCards will brighten your day and continue the celebration.

We hope you’ll find this new greeting collections area useful and helpful.

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

In celebration of Bicycle Week in May, we’re turning our lenses to that two-wheeled wonder — the bike! As a youth, it’s a means to get you somewhere faster and a sign of independence (do you remember the first time you got to ride around the block by yourself?). From recreation to transportation, the bicycle gets you moving. Get out and enjoy the wind in your hair as you ride your way to a creative challenge win!

OFFICIAL ENTRY RULES
To officially enter the Creative Challenge, you must tag your three submissions with creative-challenge-bicycle. 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 April 13 to 12:00 p.m. on April 25 12:00 p.m. (all times EST).

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

*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: Journeys
From road trips to hiking a backwoods mountain, the journey is often more than the destination. For the next challenge, share your journey.

This challenge celebrates Spring! It’s been a long, cold and snowy winter in Cleveland and we’re ready to see Spring jump to life! For this challenge we asked our community photographers to show us the glory of the springtime. From the depth of winter’s snow and gloomy darkness, spring brings bright skies, cheery blooms and baby animals. We received several vibrant submissions. Please take a moment to browse through all the entries by visiting the DISPLAY PAGE. Thank you once again to everyone who entered!

#1. “Early Bloom of the Tree Peony” by member photoop23 - Congratulations! Your photo will be featured on the Webshots homepage tomorrow as the Big Photo of the Day (BPOTD)!

#2. “Lancaster Spring Snow, California” by member lynncb7

#3. “Spring Transition” by member akoene100

#4. “Drip Drop, It’s Spring Again” by member Kaeley_Warren

#5. “Spring Ruffled Tulips” by member police370

#6. “Butterflies and Flowers” by member dickbendele

#7 “Blooming Red Bud Tree” by member lovejoy

#8. “Keukenhof Gardens” by member kkmarais

#9. “Out for Spring” by stanpacz

#10. “Pastel Spring Colors” by dlbweb

We’ve heard from many members that they would like PayPal as an payment option for a Webshots Premium membership, and we’re excited to say that we’ll have that offering at the end of April.

Stay tuned to the blog, Facebook and Twitter for more updates, and sign up for our Announcements Newsletter to get all the details.