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Myra McElhaney of Atlanta took this shot of the Whitley Hotel in Buckhead lit with the word HOPE with her cellphone from the roof top terrace of her Buckhead condo. "It's encouraging to see a message of hope each night," she wrote. ,
Myra McElhaney of Atlanta took this shot of the Whitley Hotel in Buckhead lit with the word HOPE with her cellphone from the roof top terrace of her Buckhead condo. "It's encouraging to see a message of hope each night," she wrote. ,
July 21, 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.

Richard Peterson of Canton shared a photo of a wedding processional taken at the Meiji Shinto Shrine in Tokyo. It was taken on a tour of Japan in the spring of 2019.
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"A Gardner snake pops his head out of his lair in our garden in Roswell," wrote Wayne Smith.
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Carol Zimmerman of Gainesville shared this picture of a raven at the Tower of London. "I captured on a trip to England in 2017." ,
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