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"I took this on the east side of the great river separating Mississippi and Louisiana," wrote Karla Sneegas of Tucker. "Moments after I shot this the bridge was invisible."
"I took this on the east side of the great river separating Mississippi and Louisiana," wrote Karla Sneegas of Tucker. "Moments after I shot this the bridge was invisible."
July 9, 2021

Calling amateur photographers!

Have you taken a great picture that you’d like to share with the world? One with action, great lighting and/or interesting subjects? E-mail it to communitynews@ajc.com. Please no selfies, for-profit promotional pics, group shots or anything you wouldn’t want your grandma to see.

Laurie Mattingly took this photo of mule deer looking at her in Yellowstone National Park. "I was thrilled to get the shot," she wrote.
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"This is on the Washington State coast in a community called Spee-bi-Dah, meaning, little child," wrote Marcia Rose-Ritchie. "My family was together for a big seafood feed and we’re skipping rocks as the summer sun started to go down."
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Leslie Gerber of Atlanta took this picture of Mt. Hood in Oregon while hiking along a part of the Pacific Crest Trail last September. "A glorious Fall day," she wrote.
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