the recipe

We've all heard not to center our subjects, and most of us have probably told it to others. Now we break that rule. This week's ingredient is "centered" - share your favorite image where you centered your subject. It does not have to be recent. Entries will be open through Friday morning...

The ingredient this week was "contrast" and once again the voting ended in a tie. Congratulations to @Jameel Hyder and @Ken Rennie who each garnered four votes to take the win. Here are the winning entries: Jameel Ken

Sorry I'm late starting the voting for this one - there are just too many things going on at this time of year! The ingredient this week was "contrast" and we got some interesting interpretations. So let's put them to the test: please go ahead and vote for your three favorite images...

Back to basics for this week's recipe. The ingredient is "contrast". For this week share your favorite image that showcases your use of contrast. It does not have to be recent. Entries will be open through Friday morning. Voting will run from Saturday through Monday. To enter the Contest...

I think this is our first 3-way tie. The ingredient was "afterglow" and @AlanLichty, @Kyle Jones and @Sunny Sra ran away with the voting, gathering 5 votes each. Here are the winning images (in alphabetical order!): Alan Kyle Sunny

Basking in the calmness of completing another trip around the sun, this week's recipe ingredient was "afterglow". Now's your chance to vote for your 3 favorite images showing afterglow. 1) Alan 2) Ben 3) Jameel 4) Jeffrey 5) Kyle 6) Sunny

I tried to think of something fitting to close out the year, and ended up deciding the "afterglow" would do the trick. For this week, share your favorite image that makes use of afterglow. It does not have to be recent. Entries will be open through Friday morning. Voting will run from Saturday...

This week's ingredient was "calm" and both @Jeffrey and @Kurt Harrigan generated a lot of votes with their calming images. The both received 6 votes to tie for the win, narrowly edging Andrey who had five. Congrats to all, here are the winning images. Jeffrey Kurt

Set aside your frenetic holiday activities and bask in the peace of these calming images. This week's ingredient was "calm" and it is time to vote. Please select your 3 favorites. The winner will be announced Tuesday. 1) Alan 2) Andrey 3) Avi 4) Ben 5) Carlo 6) Jameel 7)...

Our last winner, Jameel, picked this week's ingredient and there are lots of good potential subjects that come to mind. The ingredient is "Calm". For this week, share your favorite image that invokes calmness. It does not have to be recent. Entries will be open until Friday morning. Voting...

Our ingredient this week was activities - where the subject of the photo showed some sort of action. @Jameel Hyder edged out some fine entries from Ken and Levy to win the contest with 5 votes. Here is the winning entry:

This is likely our most varied field yet - the voting should be interesting! Our ingredient this week was "activities" and we've gotten wonderful shots of many different kinds. Vote for your 3 favorites and the winner will be announced on Tuesday! 1) Alan 2) Andrey 3) Barry 4) Ben...

Our last winner, Carlo, picked this ingredient and this week's contest should be interesting! The ingredient is "Activities". The activity should be the main subject and could include sports such as jogging, swimming, climbing, or something with animals like riding, agility, etc. For this...

You have all been busy and it shows - time to vote for your favorite busy images. Pick your three favorites and I'll tally up the totals on Monday. 1) Aaron 2) Alan 3) Amy 4) Barry 5) Ben 6) Carlo 7) Jameel 8) Kyle 9) Sunny 10) Tom

Grassi lake in Canmore, Canada. I liked the autumn yellows against the green lake, but always felt it was a little busy - so maybe it fits here!

This week's ingredient is "Busy". As photographers we often put a lot of effort into trying to create order and simplify a complex scene. For this week, share you favorite image that is busy! It does not have to be recent. Entries will be open until Friday morning. Voting will run from Friday...

Congratulations to @MonikaC for winning this week's recipe, "People in the Landscape". It was a close vote, with Monika edging out Ken's entry 7 to 6. Here is her winning entry.

It is time to vote! We have 7 entries so you each get three votes. The theme is "people in the landscape" so cast your vote for the image that best makes use of them. 1) Alan 2) Barry 3) Ben 4) Carlo 5) Ken 6) Kyle 7) Monika

Going with this scene from Giza...

This week's ingredient is "People in Landscape". Post your favorite image that includes people in the landscape/environment (doesn't have to be recent). This is not intended to be portraiture. Entries will be open until Friday morning. Voting will run from Friday morning and close Sunday night...