Fresh Loaf

Bragging is tacky, I know, but the CL You Shoot Flickr photo contest has been a smashing success. 40 new members have uploaded hundreds of great photos in just two weeks.

This week’s contest winner is mateofiero’s lovely snap of two smokers in Little Five Points.

The photo was apparently a happy accident. He was trying to take a photo of the woman when the man walked into the the frame.

You know, my only sibling is seven years older than me. I’m a happy accident, too.

So, mateofiero, contact me at andisheh at creativeloafing.com and come claim your prize — tickets and VIP to the 11th Annual Country Fair this weekend at Lakewood, and four tickets to Center For Puppetry Arts.

Keep the photos coming. There’s another prize for our favorite photo next week, and a prize in two weeks for the person who adds the most photos during the month that can be used with Urban Explorer listings.

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The response to our CL You Shoot Flickr photo contest has been somewhere between very whelming and overwhelming. There are dozens of great photos of Atlanta in our Flickr group now, thanks to you.

This week’s winner is Flickr user rblairg for this moody, b&w shot of the Midtown skyline taken in Piedmont Park.

Not only is it the most artful and original take on the most popular subject in our Flickr group thus far (skylines), but Piedmont Park is also one of our Urban Explorer picks for Midtown.

rblairg, to reward your awesomeness, there are two Radiohead tickets and a VIP parking pass on my desk for you. Please come get them before one of my co-workers hits me over the head and steals them.

We’ll announce another winner next Wednesday, so keep submitting your Atlanta photos. A hint from one of the judges — we’re going to try to pick a photo next week with people in it.

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Since the tornado in March, activity on our Flickr group has spontaneously increased.

Readers and CL employees have been uploading all sorts of Atlanta-themed photos, including artfully composed architecture shots, cheap-and-amusing-ish cell phone snaps, and, mysteriously, an 18 month-old behind-the-scenes photo from the set of a Nelly video filmed in East Point.

We very much enjoy the photos you’re contributing to CL’s Flickr group, so starting today we’re going to encourage you to contribute mo’ and mo’ better photos by offering you VALUABLE PRIZES!!!

Here’s how this bribery contest is gonna work.

1. Join CL’s Flickr group.

2. Upload to the group your photos of street scenes, restaurants, clubs, bars, galleries, funny signs, parks, events — especially places and things mentioned on the Urban Explorer Web site. We want to see Atlanta through your eyes.

3. Every Wednesday, we’ll award a prize (tickets to something) to the person who took our favorite photo during the previous week.

4. At the end of May, we’ll give a prize (also tickets) to the person who uploaded the most Atlanta photos to the group.

Any questions? E-mail me (andisheh at creativeloafing.com), call (404-614-1888), or leave them in the comments.

Commence shootin’.

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