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From the entire Webshots team, we’d like to wish you a safe and Happy Halloween!

This challenge “Night on the Town” focuses on capturing cityscapes (and/or citylife) after sunset. Use of a tripod, longer exposures or HDR techniques are recommended.

If you’re not sure  how or when to capture your town at night, this tip about photographing cityscapes at night might be helpful.

OFFICIAL ENTRY RULES
To officially enter the Creative Challenge, you must tag your three submissions with creative-challenge-night-on-the-town. 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 October 28th through 12:00 p.m on November 7th  (all times EST). 

5. 3 pictures per person (regardless of how many member accounts you have) tagged exactly (including hyphens) with: creative-challenge-night-on-the-town. *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:  Thanksgiving – As the winning photo will be featured on the homepage on the Thanksgiving holiday, the judges will be looking for more traditional Thanksgiving subject matter for the “winning” photo. However, we welcome photos celebrating the spirit of the holiday including subjects that you’re thankful for.

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

Rustling leaves, whispering winds, excitement in the air… It must be time for Halloween – there’s magic everywhere! This creative challenge celebrates the spirit of Halloween. There were so many haunted entries this year, the judges will likely have to sleep with the lights on tonight.

To view all of the entries, please visit the Display Page. – Congratulations to all those who made the top 10!

Happy Halloween!

#1. Ghost and Goblin Gourds by member she8000 - It was quite a close decision on the entire top 10, but the judges felt that this image best captured the overall spirit of Halloween. Contratulations! Your photo will be the featured big photo of the day on Halloween!

#2. Haunted Cathedral by member cosmogirl248

#3. Haunted Boldt Castle by member ldeiter78

#4. Untitled by member jtanguay2

#5. St. James, Haunted, Ghostly Church by member shivonnejean

#6. We’re Back!!! By member grotbags100

#7. Moonshine by member stanpacz

#8. Self Portrait, Huckleberry Holler Haunted Corn Maze by member police370

#9. The Visitant by member mjesli

#10. Scarecrow and Possee by member bannercgtl10

Halloween is one of the most unique and creative holidays. Kids in costumes, artistically carved pumpkins and creepy decorations are all a part of what makes this spooky day so much fun! It’s also one of those holidays that produce really cool photo opportunities. Knowing this, we wanted to provide you with a few tips and tricks to help you capture the best photos and make the most AWESOME Halloween Picture Show ever!

1. Capture The Essence of Halloween
Remember that it’s Halloween and whether you’re photographing a party, decorations, jack o’ lantern carving or trick or treaters, remember to capture the full experience.

Take trick or treating for example: If you’re taking photos of your child or grandchild, make sure to get shots of the entire process: getting dressed, gathered with friends, receiving candy from the neighbors, and the end result – all the goodies! Be sure to take a few short video clips and most importantly, get a few candid shots. They make the greatest additions!

2. Arrange Photos in Perfect Order
Make sure that your photos are in order so that they tell the entire Halloween story. Add some short captions to convey the spirit of your tale and highlight the photos you want to feature.

3. Music is Key!
A Picture Show isn’t complete without the perfect music – and just in time for the holiday, we have 12 ALL NEW HALLOWEEN SONGS for you to set your video to! To access the Halloween music, select change song and choose the recommended tab at the top of the page. There you can pick the right song for your Halloween Picture Show!

Once you’ve created your very own Halloween Picture Show, share it with us and the rest of the community. We’d love to see what you’ve come up with!

Happy Halloween!
Team Webshots

We’re happy to report that the search function has been repaired for member photos.

Thank you for your patience while we made the fix!
Team Webshots

One of the main concerns about Picture Shows that we’ve heard from our community is that the photos go by too fast.  Fret no longer, because here’s a list of the three different ways that you can slow down the pace of your Picture Show:

1. Choose a Slower Song –  Picture Shows visuals are designed to intelligently respond to the genre, structure, rhythm, and energy of your music.  The slower the song, the slower the images will appear.  See our post on Choosing Music for more details.

2. “Highlight” Your Most Important Photos - In the image area, there are buttons beneath the thumbnail versions of your photos.  The one with the star on it is the “Highlight” button.  Choose the images that you’d like emphasized and then press the “Highlight” button.  Our engine will then know to sustain them on screen longer.

3. Manually Select Pace Of The Video - You can manually speed up or slow down the pace of the video by clicking the video options link.

Slide the arrow towards ‘slower’ to make a slower video (or faster to speed up the video).

We hope you find these tips useful. If you have concerns on how to perform any other Picture Show tasks, let us know in the comments & keep an eye out for more quick tips to help you create the perfect video!

And the winning photo is…  “Volterra, Italy” by member csantosn - Congratulations on winning the People’s Choice Photo of the Day!

Don’t forget, you can still submit your entries for the Creative Challenge: Halloween Spirit through Noon (EST) on Thursday the 27th of October!

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

Community search is currently down. The tech team is aware of the problem and are working to have it resolved as soon as possible.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.