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Whatever else might be said of our members, no one can deny your sense of humor! This week’s Creative Challenge: April Fools had us laughing out loud. There were so many great entries, we had to feature some on the channel pages just to be sure everyone could enjoy them! Hold on to your funny bone folks, the three winning entries are sure to get you going.

1. “Big Wave, Small Town” by uriguri - Congratulations to uriguri - we’ll feature your photo on the homepage tomorrow!

2. “Street of Facades” by ykarelic4

3. “Cleaning a Sundew” by stanpacz

Thanks to everyone who entered the Challenge and shared their photos with us. We really enjoyed viewing all the entries and hope you had fun as well. To see all the entries in the Creative Challenge: April Fool’s Fun, visit the DISPLAY PAGE

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

The third-party site that we worked with no longer offers a daily photo puzzle, so we have removed the link from our site. At this time, we are not looking into a new site to supply online photo puzzles.

If you’re a fan of puzzles, though, you can make your own photo puzzle with your photos at the Webshots store.

make puzzle

If you know of other great online photo puzzle sites, please post links to them in the comment section so our community members can check them out!

April will be here before we know it, let’s celebrate with a little fun! April Fool’s photo opportunities abound for this week’s challenge: practical jokes, photo manipulation, a clever twist in perspective or being in the right place at the right time. Explore your “April Fool” and submit your vision for this Creative Challenge.

OFFICIAL ENTRY RULES
To officially enter the Creative Challenge, you must tag your three submissions with creative-challenge-aprilfool. 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. 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 March 25 to 12:00 p.m. on March 30 (all times EST).

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

*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: Easter & Passover
Spring is here! The birds are nesting, trees and blossoms are blooming, it’s a time for renewal and reflection. The passing of winter into spring is a time of celebration and spiritual reflection. Next week’s challenge will focus on spring holidays including Easter and Passover.

After a long cold winter, the entries for this week’s Creative Challenge: Tropical were a welcome sight. No need to apply sunscreen, just sit back, relax and enjoy the three winning entries.

1. “One of Many Sensational Sunsets, Kauai, Hawaii” by lynncb7 - Congratulations to lynncb - we’ll feature your photo on the homepage tomorrow!

2. “White Frangipani (Plumeria Alba) - the Lei Flower)” by ykarelic4

3. “Tropical Dream” by marionly

Thanks to everyone who entered the Challenge and shared their photos with us. We really enjoyed viewing all the entries and hope you had fun as well. To see all the entries in the Creative Challenge: Tropical, visit the DISPLAY PAGE

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 69 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 been a long, cold winter! Whether you’re shooting vacation destinations, fruits or flowers, this week’s tropical theme is sure to warm us up. Explore what “tropical” means to you, and submit your vision for this Creative Challenge.

OFFICIAL ENTRY RULES
To officially enter the Creative Challenge, you must tag your three submissions with creative-challenge-tropical. 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. 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 March 18 to 12:00 p.m. on March 23 (all times EST).

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

*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: April Fool’s Fun
April will be here before we know it, let’s celebrate the coming of spring (3/21) with a little fun! The April Fool’s photo opportunities abound for next week’s challenge: practical jokes, photo manipulation, a clever twist in perspective or being in the right place at the right time.

This week’s winners for the Creative Challenge: Shot by Candlelight each followed very unique approaches for their entries. We hope you enjoyed the challenge of working with an untraditional light source to create your piece. The images below are our favorites for the week.

#1. “Candlelight Drop” by member lynnie440 - Congratuations to member lynnie440 - we’ll feature your photo on the homepage tomorrow!

#2. “Celebrating an Autumn Birthday” by member kkmarais

#3.  ”Mother Daughter” by member puliarf1

Thanks to everyone who entered the Challenge and shared their photos with us. We really enjoyed viewing all the entries and hope you had fun as well. To see all the entries in the Creative Challenge: Shot by Candlelight, visit the DISPLAY PAGE.

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

I just love our designer, Jaden (bartelbythescrivener): He noticed that the featured badges were really low-res, so he made new ones for you in his spare time!

If your photos or albums have been featured by the Webshots editors, please feel free to download the badges and add them to your featured album, edit them onto your featured photo, add them to your blog, attach them to your email signature and more! See instructions below on how to do these suggestions.

Featured Album Badges
If your album has been featured on the homepage, you can use one of these badges. The first four are hi-res, and the last one is a smaller version.

Featured Photo Badges
If your photo has been featured on the homepage or any one of the channel pages (such as Outdoors or Pets), you can use one of these badges. The first four are hi-res, and the last one is a smaller version.

How To Add Badges to Your Featured Album
1. Right-Click on the badge you want and save it to your hard drive.
2. Upload the badge to Webshots and add it to your existing album that was featured.
3. Use the rearrange tool in the green edit box on your album page to move the featured badge to the first spot in the album—that way everyone will see it!

How To Add Badges to Your Featured Photo
1. Right-Click on the badge you want and save it to your hard drive.
2. Using Microsoft Paint, open up your featured photo from your hard drive.
3. Then, click on Edit > Paste from… and select the featured badge.
4. The featured badge will now be on top of your photo. (You can move the badge, too, if it’s covering something important in the photo.)
5. Save the image and then upload the newly created image to Webshots. (You can either add it to the album where your featured photo came from (see instructions above), or you can start a new album of all your featured photos!)
6.Members, if you use editing software, please let us know how you do it!

How To Add Badges to Your Blog
1. Go to Webshots_Editorial’s album of featured badges.
2. Go to the featured badge you want to post on your blog.
3. Copy the embed codes from the “Link to this Picture” section on the right side.
4. Paste into your blog!

How To Add Badges to Your Social Networking Sites
1. Go to Webshots_Editorial’s album of featured badges.
2. Go to the featured badge you want to post to your social network.
3. Click on the “share on…” link and choose your social network, such as Facebook, MySapce, Vox, etc.
4. Follow the onscreen instructions to add it to your social network (this usually includes entering your log-in information for the social network.)

How To Add Badges to Your Email Signature
1. Right-Click on the badge you want and save it to your hard drive.
2. Check out these online guides for adding the featured badge to your email signature:
Outlook
Yahoo!
Hotmail
Gmail

We hope you enjoy these! If you have badges in your albums, blogs, or on your photos, post a link to them in the comments section so we can all celebrate with you!