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2009 Post-Dispatch Travel Photo Contest
 Brian Balch of Chesterfield won first place in the 2008 Post-Dispatch Travel Photo Contest with this shot of Berber tribesmen on a windy morning in the Moroccan desert. ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
Vacations may have been shorter and closer to home this year, but the slumbering economy didn't stop people from traveling. We know you took your cameras. The Post-Dispatch Travel Photo Contest will be accepting entries through Nov. 27. A panel of Post-Dispatch journalists will chose first-, second- and third-place winners, plus a number of honorable mentions. All will be published in the newspaper in December. Great travel photos are well composed and have proper lighting and focus. They should capture a special moment during a vacation and show a viewer what it feels like to be there. Scenics can be good, but they often need a specific subject to add scale. Photos that include local people doing something have an interesting human dimension. Each of the top three winners will win five books they get to pick from a list of select travel books, including Fodor's and Zagat guides. The books should help them get a jump on next year's travel destinations. Click here to submit a photo online.
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CONTEST RULES
Only one photo may be entered per person. Only amateur photographers may enter. Anyone who has sold more than one photograph for publication since January 2008 is considered a professional. Employees of Lee Enterprises and their family members may not enter. Images may be in color or black and white. The photo must have been taken between Oct. 26, 2008, and Oct. 26, 2009. It must come from a trip during which the photographer spent a night away from home outside the city of St. Louis and these counties: St. Louis, Franklin, Jefferson, St. Charles, Warren and Lincoln in Missouri; and Jersey, Madison, St. Clair, Monroe and Clinton in Illinois. Cropping by computer is permitted. Minor burning, dodging, and/or color corrections are acceptable. Photos believed to have been altered or have colors enhanced digitally will be disqualified. Images that combine more than one photograph, have elements digitally added or removed or feature purposely unnatural colors also are unacceptable. THE DEADLINE TO ENTER IS NOV. 27 Mailed submissions Photos should be 4 by 6 inches or larger and unmounted. Fill out the accompanying entry form and enclose it with your photo. Do not submit a floppy disk, CD or slide. Photos will not be returned. Send to: Travel Photo Contest St. Louis Post-Dispatch 900 North Tucker Boulevard St. Louis, Mo. 63101-1099 Online submissions • Log on to iwitness.STLtoday.com or click here. Click on the “Travel photo contest” category. • Images should be 200 dpi and 10 inches wide for horizontals or 10 inches deep for verticals. Questions about uploading photos? E-mail Hillary Levin, features photo editor, at hlevin@post-dispatch.com. yesterday's most emailed
 
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