The world around us

Challenge series hosted by chdc. Challenges start on Saturdays.

Photographs for which one doesn't need to go faraway places or face difficulties.

Finished (10 challenges)

10. A photo of challenges.

Entries: 9

Winners announced: 31st December, 2011 GMT

Winner: Time flies when you're havin' Fun!

Someone looking at the DPR's "Challenges" page.

9. Sand Art

Entries: 50

Winners announced: 17th December, 2011 GMT

Winner: SAND SCULPTURE

From beaches to dunes, we marvel at nature's artistry. This challenge is about different shapes, designs, patterns etc created by mother earth on/with sand.

8. Someone reading a book at night.

Entries: 21

Winners announced: 10th December, 2011 GMT

Winner: ngaji

Any gender, any age, any place and, of course, any book. Let us see people's varied reading styles.

7. White clouds in blue sky.

Entries: 50

Winners announced: 3rd December, 2011 GMT

Winner: Outback clouds

A bright blue sky interspersed with white clouds is always a sight to behold. Let us see some examples from different latitudes and longitudes.

6. White on white

Entries: 50

Winners announced: 26th November, 2011 GMT

Winner: ptarmigan-2

Both the subject and the background should be predominantly white.

5. Cricket

Entries: 34

Winners announced: 19th November, 2011 GMT

Winner: Cricket in Kashmir

The players and umpires, the fields, equipments--let us see photographs of everything related to this great game.

4. Mirror(s)

Entries: 53

Winners announced: 8th October, 2011 GMT

Winner: Trouble vision

Photographs of mirrors, photographs using mirrors, showing yourself in the mirror--possibilities are enormous. Use your imagination.

3. Footwear(s)

Entries: 40

Winners announced: 1st October, 2011 GMT

Winner: Boots

Footwears vary in shape, size, colour, texture, price, the materials used and so on. Let us see some.

2. Fountain Pen

Entries: 33

Winners announced: 17th September, 2011 GMT

Winner: FountainPen

Let us have a look at those 'near-extinct' beautiful objects.

1. Hibiscus

Entries: 99

Winners announced: 3rd September, 2011 GMT

Winner: Glory Glory

A single coloured flower, preferably with leaves.

Editorial content

Product database

Community

Finishing today
-All Dressed Up~Couples in a Photo Shoot- (Full Colours Only with Border)	12/35 entries
Power of Play	34/100 entries
1 day left
Men who eat quiches	6/ entries
My Camera Bag! (Capture Date Rule)	11/ entries
2 days left
Catalog filler: Summer picnic	0/100 entries
Wndy	53/70 entries
3 days left
- National Parks I- (Full Colours Only + Border, Title, Date)	35/55 entries
Australia 1 : Nature	20/35 entries
Rainbow in the Sky	33/100 entries
4 days left
View from the top - Forests	6/60 entries
Hugs, hugs and HUGS	15/ entries
National Food	17/100 entries
Art made from old electronics	1/100 entry
Wooden Statues of deities	12/100 entries
Chasing	21/50 entries
5 days left
Beetles	18/100 entries
Wind Turbines	26/100 entries
Everyday Life: MACRO	42/100 entries
6 days left
Texas	0/50 entries
Lucky Shot	0/100 entries
Full challenges
Music people	100/100 entries
New Life - Spring Flowers	50/50 entries
Colorful: Red and Yellow	75/75 entries

Finishing today
-The Migrant Worker- (Full Colours Only with Border, Title and Date)	132 votes, 13 entries
Silence	1720 votes, 99 entries
Candle people	298 votes, 33 entries
Cell Phones: Dog faces only (1 or more)	419 votes, 33 entries
New Life - Newborn Animals	478 votes, 50 entries
Lover of the Light	511 votes, 49 entries
1 day left
English Springer Spaniel... (Capture date rule)	14 votes, 1 entry
White trash	133 votes, 14 entries
2 days left
Plastic Fantastic	815 votes, 70 entries
Magazine editorial: A test of faith	343 votes, 61 entries
Blenders	57 votes, 10 entries
Texture: Detail	1202 votes, 70 entries
Underwater	364 votes, 40 entries
3 days left
- The River - (Full Colours Only + Border, Title, Date)	395 votes, 67 entries
Singapore	473 votes, 30 entries
Mushrooms in Nature	1287 votes, 100 entries
4 days left
The World of Sweets	484 votes, 79 entries
Simulated flight	13 votes, 4 entries
Patterns in wood	982 votes, 100 entries
Corkscrews	126 votes, 22 entries
Old telephones	193 votes, 29 entries
Children with mirrors	31 votes, 10 entries
Natural Light	547 votes, 60 entries
5 days left
Circles in Nature	465 votes, 99 entries
Flowered Balconies	188 votes, 38 entries
Everyday Life: Morning routine (Capture Date Rule)	44 votes, 11 entries
6 days left
Multiple Modes of Transport	0 votes, 48 entries
At the zoo	0 votes, 50 entries
Bubbly !	0 votes, 50 entries