My wife, posing with a black turtleneck shirt, black pantyhose over her face and black velvet background. I adjusted levels and curves to make the clothes disappear into the background -- and bumped the saturation to bring out the yellow and unsharp mask to add some punch. Photo taken by David S. April (United States) - Artistic/Creative

I thought these looked cute -- so I had someone block them and let them build up, in order for me to fill the frame with them. Photo taken by Donna Cuic (United States) - Humor

Flashback to October 2004 - it's game seven of baseball's American League Championship series. Even the karma of 60,000 Yankee fans "rubbing the babe" for good luck could stop "the curse" from being reversed. Boston won that game, and went on to the world series, where they finally "reversed the curse" that had been plaguing them since Babe Ruth was traded from Boston to New York in 1920. Here's to a new baseball season, and the start of a new "curse" :) Photo taken by Andy Williams (United States) - People/Family/Friends

You have to love the looks that cats can give. I think that they sometimes speak volumes. Photo taken by Todd MacMillan (United States) - Animals/Pets

This particular photo is special to me because it's a shot of my 4 year old daughter, who loves posing in front of the camera, lucky me! This photograph was taken in October '04 at home. It relates to the theme selected because she is my daughter!! Photo taken by Lori Ogilvie (United Kingdom) - People/Family/Friends

The song "Morning has broken like the first morning..." was in my mind when I created this photo in mid-December 2004. Photo taken by Wolfgang Dolak (Austria) - Artistic/Creative

After the blizzard, lots of people were on "Death Hill," the local sledding place. It was a great treat to be outside with all that snow and a beautiful sunset. Photo taken by John Ruttenberg (United States) - People/Family/Friends

My brother's Volkwagen came to us as a rusty-orange piece of trash with no wheels or insides that worked. He and my dad worked on that car for only a short amount of time before they turned it into a working piece of beauty! Its red hanging dice, shiny yellow color, and classic dash-board flower pot gave us happiness, looks from strangers, and memories to last forever. Photo taken by Ginny Curtis (United States) - Artistic/Creative

Rocky, the world's greatest dog, deserves to be a "Kodak Moment" and seen in Time Square by all! Photo taken by Tom Morris (United States) - Animals/Pets

I took this photo at a local rodeo. When I captured the shot I knew I had a good one, and was looking down to view it on my cameras LCD. It had poured rain the day before and the arena was nothing but sloppy mud. At one point this rider had jumped off the bronc, and the bronc came racing around the edge of the fence as a couple of cowboys tried to wrangle him. I was so caught up in trying to view my photo, that I didn't even notice what was going on, until I felt the big swoosh of mud cover me head to toe in mud! Photo taken by Tammy McAllister (Canada) - Holidays/Events

A Frangapani blossom, quite beautiful when viewed up close. We can find great things when we open our eyes and really look. Photo taken by Lisa Den Elzen (Australia) - Nature

This picture was taken in Namibia, in the Kaokoland region. Photo taken by Stéphane Debecker (Belgium) - People/Family/Friends

Taken on Dartmoor, just outside of Plymouth in southern England, where these ponies roam the moor free. It was nice to see these wild ponies in their natural habitat. Photo taken by Alonzo Marshall (United Kingdom) - Nature

This is my first seriously done self portrait. It was not so easy to take a photo of myself -- especally when you can not look through the viewfinder. Photo taken by Ahmed Hadrovic (Türkiye) - People/Family/Friends

This photograph was taken in Rome, Italy during the summer of 2004, during my travels through Europe. I wanted to capture the essence of how a city like Rome acts like a living museum. I was impressed by the way modern infrastructures weave delicately around the ancient treasures, preserving the landmarks of centuries past. Photo taken by Luke Merdsoy (Canada) - Travel/Vacation

This is my nephew and one of my favorite dogs. I took it after a family gathering, when they were in my brothers car. I used this for my Mom's 80th. birthday invitation, so it turned into a special picture. Photo taken by Susan Perez (United States) - Animals/Pets

My wife and I travel to Europe and share our experences with our students. We took this great wall on the Island of Borano, in Venice, Italy. Photo taken by Jim West (United States) - Artistic/Creative

This shot was taken under difficult shooting conditions. I took it out the passenger side window of my vehicle, while I was sitting on the driver's side, supporting a 400mm lens on the edge of the window. Plus, the way I was angled in the car, I could barely look through the camera's viewfinder. The picture was taken in February 2005, along the Lackawaxen River, in Rowlands, PA. If this doesn't define nature at it's best, I don't know what does. Photo taken by Alex R. Westner (United States) - Nature

Splashy color is the hallmark of this famous nursery in Litchfield, Connecticut. I wait each spring to see what they will come up with. Photo taken by W. Scott Petersen (United States) - Artistic/Creative

This white buck is part of the world's largest herd of white deer, who are found at the former Seneca Army Depot in the Finger Lakes region of New York State. These white deer are not albinos as they don't have pink eyes, rather their eyes are brown. A white deer was first seen at the Depot in the early 1950's, and with protection from the U.S. Army eventually grew to approximately 250 white deer. Photo taken by Lee Brun (United States) - Nature

The picture was made during the Autumn of 2004. Photo taken by Evy Johansen (Denmark) - Artistic/Creative

While living in Okinawa, Japan, I was able to attend numerous traditional performances, many of which featured these striking Yotsudake dancers. I had arrived late at this particular event, and the dancers had just finished and were in the process of leaving the stage. Struck by the sight of their backs rather than the head-on views one usually sees, I grabbed my camera and shot without any time for thinking or preparing. This image was what I managed to capture, a fitting memory of a fascinating island, a warm people and a happy time in my life. Photo taken by Helen Betts (Türkiye) - Holidays/Events

Shot in "Technical Museum", Denmark. Photo taken by Evy Johansen (Denmark) - Travel/Vacation

This is a street musician playing the violin-horn, an old instrument from Eastern Europe, on a commercial pedestrian street in Brussels. The picture was shot against a shop window, and the background is actually the reflection of the opposite street. Photo taken by Moti Goldman (Belgium) - People/Family/Friends

Great Sand Dunes National Park is a magnificent and unique geological anomaly in southern Colorado. Mountain sized sand dunes rise to rival the Sangre de Christo mountains. This image was captured in October 2004. This newly designated national park is a beautiful place to visit, enjoy and marvel. Photo taken by Richard H. Hahn (United States) - Travel/Vacation

The winning run against our arch rivals at my son's High School baseball game. I take photos at all of my kid's sporting events. Photo taken by Thomas Spindle (United States) - People/Family/Friends

I took this picture on January 13th. I just think it's a nice picture of some VERY hungry babies. Photo taken by Ole Nielsen (Australia) - Animals/Pets