Editor's pick August 12-August 18
Each weekday, our photo editors will select one compelling image for prominent play in the newspaper. Readers can learn more about why the image was chosen and tips about shooting similar pictures by clicking on the links underneath the gallery.
Photographer Jonathan Hayward races across the early morning water of Deep Cove, B.C., Wednesday, August 17, 2011, in this self-portrait photo shot with a wide angle lens camera attached to the tow rope. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan HaywardJONATHAN HAYWARD/The Canadian Press
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 20: (EDITORS NOTE: Image was created using a variable planed lens.) A fisherman is seen on a rock platform at Cape Bank in La Perouse on February 20, 2011 in Sydney, Australia. The practice of fishing from rock platforms, cliffs and rocky outcrops is notoriously dangerous with many anglers per year being washed into the ocean by dangerous surf or unexpected large waves. Angling is often reported as the sport having the highest mortality rate on average due to fishermen drowning with rocking fishing contributing to a high number of these deaths. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images)Mark Kolbe/Getty Images
In this photo taken Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011, Indian students of a Hindu religious school wrap themselves with saffron cloth after bathing on the occasion of Shravan Purnima in Allahabad, India. Shravan Purnima, a full moon day, is an auspicious day in Hinduism. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)Rajesh Kumar Singh/The Associated Press
BRISTOL, ENGLAND - AUGUST 12: Hot-air balloons begin to rise during the early morning mass assent which saw over 60 balloons launched at the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta at the Ashton Court estate on August 12, 2011 in Bristol, England. Upwards of 500,000 people are expected to attend the international four-day hot-air ballooning event which should see 100s of balloons take to the skies. The event which started in 1978 now attracts balloon teams from as far as the United States, Dubai, France and Switzerland and runs until Sunday. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)Matt Cardy/Getty Images
Anne-Marie Halliday is a 62-year-old photographer from Courtice, Ontario. She took this shot of water droplets on a smoke bush in her garden after a call-out for photos using shallow depth of field. Find out why our editors chose it at Photo Desk, our online camera club: tgam.ca/photo-desk. Next week's assignment: slow shutter speed. Show us your photos using long exposures during the day or at night. Our favourite will be published next Friday (preference will be given to photos taken during the week of the call-out).Anne-Marie Halliday