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"I took this photo on Old Riverside Road, a dirt road on the Chattahoochee River," wrote Becky Smith of Roswell. "Seeing these red, white, and blue clothes on the clothes line reminded me of how lucky we are to live in the USA even during such trying times."
"I took this photo on Old Riverside Road, a dirt road on the Chattahoochee River," wrote Becky Smith of Roswell. "Seeing these red, white, and blue clothes on the clothes line reminded me of how lucky we are to live in the USA even during such trying times."
June 2, 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 sent in this photo of a fox in Yellowstone National Park waiting to start the mouse hunt.
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Leslee Morris said she shot this photo of Gibbs Garden in April 2019.
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Frank Manfre of Sugar Hill took this photo while in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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