Top 10 Wired Shadow Photos, Decided by You

[Steve]

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The submissions for shadows rendered wild and wonderful interpretations of the subject. Here are the top 10 photos chosen by our readers. Martin Cathrae will receive a subscription to Wired magazine and a digital picture frame for his winning photo "The Swan Claw," at left. Because we had so many great photos we thought should've received more votes (and because we love to anger readers with our own selections), we've also compiled a Wired.com Editors' Choice Shadow Photo Gallery.
Our next photo contest focuses on circles. Get down with the round.
Left:
The Swan Claw
Submitted by Martin Cathrae
Photographer's comment:
"Sometimes, grotesque dead things can be more than they seem."
: Shadow pattern
Submitted by Vilhjalmur Ingi Vilhjalmsson
Photographer's comment:
"Close-up shot of a candle inside a pencil cup. Canon EOS 40D; exposure: 0.6 sec (3/5); aperture: f/6.3; focal length: 70 mm; ISO speed: 200."
: Night Shadows
Submitted by Rob A. Johnston
Photographer's comment:
"A foggy night in Seattle."
: Keyhole
Submitted by Ty Weldishofer
Photographer's comment:
"Drainage ditch under a road in St. Leon, Indiana."
: Tunnel Syndrome
Submitted by Sarasara
Photographer's comment:
"Osanbashi Pier, Yokohama, Japan."
: Cathedral Steps
Submitted by Andrew Brooks
Photographer's comment:
"From my hidden-city exhibition."
: Finale
Submitted by C Ray Dancer
Photographer's comment:
"Burlesque dancer rehearsing her routine."
: Real Adventure
Submitted by Patrice Peyre
Photographer's comment:
"Remote area of the world? Check.
Us two and no one in a radius of 10 miles? Check.
Indiana Jones–style bridge where falling off means death? Check!
We were hiking in the Pakistani Hindu Kush range, close to the Chinese border. The bridge had to be crossed, so ... "
: Tourists
Submitted by James Bartolotti
Photographer's comment:
"Late afternoon, from the second floor of the Eiffel Tower, looking down."
: Sakura in Snow
Submitted by Owen Scharlotte
Photographer's comment:
"A snow-covered path led through cherry blossom trees toward an old bridge. Photo taken with a Canon S3 IS. (Haiku picture description unintentional)."
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