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The Globe and Mail

Published Sunday, Mar. 25 2012, 9:55 PM EDT

Last updated Thursday, Mar. 29 2012, 10:40 AM EDT

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Here is this week's Photo Desk call-out. Images uploaded to us through Flickr are contained in a separate gallery. This gallery showcases images sent through our custom upload tool. Our staff will pick a favourite reader-submitted photo to be featured in Friday's print edition of The Globe and Mail. (Preference will be given to photos taken during the week of the call-out.) To learn more, follow the link under the gallery.

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Row of logs guarding the beach on Vancouver Island. Photo take in 2010.
(Jo Slade/Jo Slade)
The circular staircase spirals downward in the Vatican Museum, taken in April 2011.
(Corinne Sato/Corinne Sato)
Taken with handheld camera in lowish light of the insides of an upright piano in London Battersea, UK, 2009.
(Michael Reinhart/Michael Reinhart)
Although the paintings are all different shapes and sizes, the similar patterns in the gold borders tie in the paintings together, forming patterns on the ceiling in the Vatican museum
(Corinne Sato/Corinne Sato)
Taken at night with handheld camera, with only streetlight as illumination, causing shadow to weave with wrought iron fence. Taken in monochrome to accentuate shadows.
(Michael Reinhart/Michael Reinhart)
UC @ U of T
(Nicole Harvey/Nicole Harvey)
Members of the colour party for Calgary Branch 285 of the Royal Canadian Legion stand proudly awaiting the induction of new members. Photo taken March 15, 2012
(Kalyn Gilbert/Kalyn Gilbert)
Taken handheld, in daylight, of building site in downtown Lower Manhattan in Spring 2009.
(Michael Reinhart/Michael Reinhart)
This sideroad's line of trees was taken after one of the few snowfalls this year, just outside of Orangeville, Ontario.
(Jennifer Corrigan/Jennifer Corrigan)
Light dusting of snow over furrowed field
(Anson R. McKim/Anson R. McKim)
Hi-rise in Vancouver reflecting that fair city in rectangular blocks of light. Photo taken in 2010.
(Jo Slade/Jo Slade)
The ceiling inside the Pantheon
(Corinne Sato/Corinne Sato)
A bike rack outside of Mount Royal University in Calgary, AB.
(Marina Giannitsos/Marina Giannitsos)
Repeating patterns - Fruit on display at Jean Talon Market, Montreal
(Valerie Acland/Valerie Acland)
A brick building in downtown Calgary.
(Marina Giannitsos/Marina Giannitsos)
While eating lunch outside one day last summer, a tiny ladybug landed on the chair beside me. Photo taken in Calgary on August 13, 2011.
(Karry Taylor/Karry Taylor)
(Photo taken March 25 '12) This duck seemed to want to strike a pose, showing off its beautifully patterned one-of-a-kind "designs" for spring:-)
(Donna Hynes/Donna Hynes)
When the tide goes out you find many different patterns etched into the sand by the movement of the waves.
(G. Déziel/G. Déziel)
a south carolina condo designed using a curved grid
(fred keirstead/fred keirstead)
The audience before the start of La Traviata at the Vienna State Opera. Photo taken in Vienna, Austria on May 22, 2010
(Karry Taylor/Karry Taylor)
March 26 - The repetitive patterns are totally different in this photo. The Lights, stumps, and lanterns all have different frequencies.
(Frederic Jon Merncik/Frederic Jon Merncik)
Snow melting on square lattice in Calgary. Photo taken Sunday March 25, 2012
(Petra Hermann/Petra Hermann)
I have never seen a better layout of ares than this - and other - displays of fish at the famous Stone Town fish market on Zanzibar island, Tanzania. The photo was taken Jan 31st at 9.56 a.m. Tanzani
(Kate Barlow/Kate Barlow)
The main foyer of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC.
(John Lentz/John Lentz)
Three mega sailboats under spinaker
(Pierre Morel/Pierre Morel)
Early one Sunday morning in January 2012; Highland Creek in Scarborough, where it joins Lake Ontario.
(John Lentz/John Lentz)
Taken in January 2012 at the Holy Poker Gathering.
(Linda Sangwine/Linda Sangwine)
This is a shot of the opera house at the Lincoln Centre in NYC. I opened the shutter for 3 seconds to allow the water fountain to give the right effect.
(John Lentz/John Lentz)
patterns formed by deck chairs as viewed from above
(fred keirstead/fred keirstead)
I snapped this shot somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean, on a night flight between Calgary, Alberta and London, England. Photo taken May 19, 2011.
(Karry Taylor/Karry Taylor)
Harrow in the Spring
(Pauline Wyntjes/Pauline Wyntjes)
In the over forty years that I have lived in Thunder Bay, The Sleeping Giant has never been so perfectly reflected in lake Superior as it was in these few moments.
(Verlie Baunemann/Verlie Baunemann)
Is that a dragon in your fruit?
(Linda Sangwine/Linda Sangwine)
Row on row of cherry trees in the fall.
(jane gray/jane gray)
Getting ready to round off the buoy
(Pierre Morel/Pierre Morel)
Flags over the entrance of Le St. Sulpice Hotel in Olde Montreal
(Neelin Parmar/Neelin Parmar)
This pattern effect is achieved with water droplets on a CD disk using florescent lighting and a macro lens. The rainbow of colour emanates from the shiny disk.
(Sandra Roemer/Sandra Roemer)
Interesting patterns left in the sand at low tide.
(G. Déziel/G. Déziel)
a view of vibrant shapes from above
(fred keirstead/fred keirstead)
Made In Canada !
(Jim Shaw/Jim Shaw)
Patterns in flowers
(Maria Bitter/Maria Bitter)
Detail of a door style pattern located in the Forbidden City - Beijing, China. February, 2012.
(Jonathan Ritter/Jonathan Ritter)
Dancers in Ubud, Bali performing a dance with masks on. Canon 40D 70-200mm f 2.8 lens.
(Pierre Morel/Pierre Morel)
cherry blossoms around tidal pool in Washington DC
(Gary Landa/Gary Landa)
repeating patterns in a neighbourhood.
(Maria Bitter/Maria Bitter)
this is an artist's stash of wood, in nelson, b.c.
(ruth krahn/ruth krahn)
cherry blossoms in Washington DC on Friday mar 23
(Gary Landa/Gary Landa)
Taken March 27, 2012 down by the tracks. Blossoms. Chain link. Railway ties.
(Linda Sangwine/Linda Sangwine)
(Photo taken March 25 '12) Stacked crab pots at the pier show a colourful, repeated pattern.
(Donna Hynes/Donna Hynes)
Backyard fence latticework. Taken March 26, 2012.
(Sandro Del Re/Sandro Del Re)
Shot of a prism reflection on the stairs.
(Sandro Del Re/Sandro Del Re)
competitive dancers at a competition in 2011
(Lisa Djurfeldt/Lisa Djurfeldt)
Shiba Park, Tokyo
(Jonathan Ritter/Jonathan Ritter)
March 24 - The warm weather allows the kids to play outside, and loving it.
(Frederic Jon Mercnik/Frederic Jon Mercnik)
Looking up at the 243 meter (799 feet) tall Metropolitan Government Building, or City Hall, in Tokyo, Japan.
(Jonathan Ritter/Jonathan Ritter)
September 2012 Patterns in nature
(Kathleen Jones/Kathleen Jones)
Yonge St near Colborne taken March 26 2012 with Nikon D7000
(Ilona Crabbe/Ilona Crabbe)
Cannon Powershot SX130 - Taken March 23rd, appeture priority f3.4
(Kathy Belford/Kathy Belford)
Faceted dome of the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar (Photo taken March 15, 2012).
(Tania Lam/Tania Lam)
A War Canoe team in stroke at Canadian Nationals August 2011
(Lisa Djurfeldt/Lisa Djurfeldt)
A scenic vista comprised of repeating spruce trees and clouds in a reflection on the Bow River in Banff, Alta., is captured on the river's ice.
(Richard Erlendson/Richard Erlendson)
These grainaries stand near Beiseker, Alberta. Shot at sunset. You should have seen the sun.
(Lee Gunderson/Lee Gunderson)
This picture was taken on March 23rd on Redington Beach in Florida at sunset.
(Brooklyn Rushton/Brooklyn Rushton)
The view of the suburbs around the GTA from a place. The repeating patterns of houses and streets aren't noticable until you see them from an aerial perspective.
(Melissa Debren/Melissa Debren)
A covered promenade at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel, Waikiki. Feb. 2010.
(Lee Gunderson/Lee Gunderson)
Out for a flight one fall day, I caught this picture of a harvest scene. the pattern broken by a group of trees.
(Susan Deneve/Susan Deneve)
March 26 - There are numerous repetitive patterns in this photo.
(Frederic Jon Mercnik/Frederic Jon Mercnik)
The underneath of the cabana umbrella. Taken on vacation in Curacao.
(Melissa Debren/Melissa Debren)
Brookfield place walkway taken march 26 2012
(Ilona Crabbe/Ilona Crabbe)
View of Doha skyline through part of the 5-storey window of the Museum of Islamic Art (photo taken March 15, 2012).
(Tania Lam/Tania Lam)
The ice on the Bow River in Banff, Alta., takes on an artful, stained-glass effect as shapes repeat themselves into a pattern of ice designs.
(Richard Erlendson/Richard Erlendson)
Quartered wood is imprecise, but the pattern is apparent
(T. Parish/T. Parish)
Taken March 26, 2012 at Cherry Point on Vancouver Island.
(Gord Iversen/Gord Iversen)
Taken in the summer of 2011, this photos has numerous patterns and contrast-- the wires appear to envelop and cradle the church steeple.
(Kathleen Jones/Kathleen Jones)
Picnic tables with a blanket of snow
(Gerry Frederick/Gerry Frederick)
Taken in the summer of 2011. I love the way the camera caught the droplets of water in the lawn sprinkler.
(Kathleen Jones/Kathleen Jones)
Shot las spring in a blinding rain storm. The Canon digital camera was soaked. As was shooter.
(Lee Gunderson/Lee Gunderson)
Circle of straws, Taken with Nikon D90, March 26th -Manual mode 50mm f1.8.
(Kathy Belford/Kathy Belford)
A hillside near Lake Louise, Alta., is covered with young pine trees poking their way through fresh snow -- creating a natural pattern in the snow.
(Richard Erlendson/Richard Erlendson)
This Photo taken while on a walk along the walking path. the rows of similar trees and the parallel fence along with skying trail made an interesting picture.
(Prabhakaran/Prabhakaran)
Image of the Cherry Point vineyard on Vancouver Island, at sunset. Taken March 26, 2012.
(Gord Iversen/Gord Iversen)
Hair Brush March 26th Nikon D90 50mm F1.8 appeture priority.
(Kathy Belford/Kathy Belford)
Close up Dandelion
(Gerry Frederick/Gerry Frederick)
Norton Winery - Mendoza
(Susan Bacque/Susan Bacque)
Out for a walk this a.m. walked the Peace Bridge in Calgary for the first time.
(Susan Deneve/Susan Deneve)
The underneath of our cabana umbrella while on vacation in Curacao.
(Melissa Debren/Melissa Debren)
Norton Winery - Mendoza - Argentina
(Susan Bacque/Susan Bacque)
Heel-o-matic calves manufactured for team ropers to practice heading and heeling roping skills appear to be gathered in a round-up outside Irvine Tack and Trailers near Crossfield, Alta.
(Richard Erlendson/Richard Erlendson)
The main staircase at the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar (photo taken on March 15, 2012).
(Tania Lam/Tania Lam)
Taken on the beach at Kailua-Kona, these lava rocks represent endless variety on a common theme.
(Lee Gunderson/Lee Gunderson)
Ruca Malen Winery - Mendoza - Argentina
(Susan Bacque/Susan Bacque)
This globe cactus seen from above, shows the even spacing of the needles on each segment. Photo taken March 24, 2012
(Gail Chmilar/Gail Chmilar)
bought myself some flowers and realized I had a pattern
(Kim Dennis/Kim Dennis)
old building on the river in Winnipeg
(Kim Dennis/Kim Dennis)
circles in nature
(T. Parish/T. Parish)
A SWIRL OF STRAWS
(ROBERT C. ABRAHAM/ROBERT C. ABRAHAM)
The Roman Colosseum in Rome. Photo Credit: Sibyl Bigler.
(Sibyl Bigler/Sibyl Bigler)
Ceiling of the main lobby of the Hungarian National Parliament, Budapest, Hungary. February 6th, 2012.
(Christina Schweitzer/Christina Schweitzer)
Decorations at Downtown Crossing Boston Mass. Sept 2011
(Ilona Crabbe/Ilona Crabbe)
The ring road continues to be constructed off 22X. The developers are now putting in the steel beams for safety. Photo Credit: Sibyl Bigler.
(Sibyl Bigler/Sibyl Bigler)
Kitesurfing at Silver Sands Barbados February 2012. Photo taken with Go Pro camera mounted to kite. High angle of camera provides a great perspective of wave and the path of the surf board
(Joel Nelson/Joel Nelson)
A set of school lockers from left to right, with my grandson breaking the pattern at the end.
(Susan Deneve/Susan Deneve)
Passing road construction I found this orange sheeting fighting with mother nature. The leaf won.
(Alicja Muszynski/Alicja Muszynski)
Door frame in the Royal Palace in Marrakech, Morrocco. November 6th, 2011.
(Christina Schweitzer/Christina Schweitzer)
The Cieling of the Galleries Lafayette department store, Paris, France. November 14th, 2011.
(Christina Schweitzer/Christina Schweitzer)
Reflection off a building located in downtown Calgary. Rooftop photo of Easter Seals Alberta's Drop Zone fundraiser. September 2011.
(Sharon Titus/Sharon Titus)
Edelweiss can be seen growing in between grass blades in Switzerland. Beautiful flower. Photo Credit: Sibyl Bigler.
(Sibyl Bigler/Sibyl Bigler)
This exquisite easter egg was created by my father-in-law. While displaying it this season, I noticed the patterns are both horizontal and vertical. Photo taken March 24, 2012
(Gail Chmilar/Gail Chmilar)
Found these tire tracks in mud at a road construction site interesting.
(Alicja Muszynski/Alicja Muszynski)
I took this shot at the Pacific National Exhibition in Vancouver. It's the Enterprise... my least favourite ride!
(Supreet Malhi/Supreet Malhi)
A row of tiny plant labels create a unique pattern at Sunnyside Home and Garden in Calgary in March 2012.
(Ashley Freeman/Ashley Freeman)
These sand etchings were created by the Pacific ocean waves. Photo taken March 2012
(Gail Chmilar/Gail Chmilar)
This shot was taken in Tampa, Florida. The amusement park was closed at the time, but it was amazing so I decided to take few pictures. This was one of the best shot from the couple of picture I took.
(Anbareen Arif Abeer/Anbareen Arif Abeer)
taken on feb 3, 2012 whike walking the dog at an abandoned farm in our nieghborhood.
(Rob Oldenkamp/Rob Oldenkamp)
Nighttime Water Fountain
(Nicole Harvey/Nicole Harvey)
A monk leaving his monastery to go out and collect alms. This monastery is near Bagain, Myanmar. Three times a week the monks visit the local villages to collect food for their monastery.
(Anne Launcelott/Anne Launcelott)
Under the Boardwalk: I loved watching how the water weaved it's way through the pier, the pier's posts and bracing repetitive structures in themselves.
(Nicole Harvey/Nicole Harvey)
Different patterns, the roof line, trees and benches at Festival Theater Stratford ON
(Brenda Santalucia/Brenda Santalucia)
London Ont.
(Maria del Carmen Ponciano/Maria del Carmen Ponciano)
This was the view through wire mesh of the vast snow outside . The focus was adjusted to close up and the background was the snow outside viewed from window wire mesh !
(Prabhakaran/Prabhakaran)
One of the final shots of a fantastic family vacation in Orlando.
(Paula Last/Paula Last)
A small apartment building with mirror immage repeating pattern
(Brenda Santalucia/Brenda Santalucia)
Dying Easter eggs with onion skins provides a disticnt marbled pattern
(Lembi Buchanan/Lembi Buchanan)
When I was traveling in Hue, Vietnam I came across a little market that had thousands of incense placed in different eye-catching patterns.
(Andrea Duncan/Andrea Duncan)
Repeats in the Everyday: braids, earrings, hair tones...
(Nicole Harvey/Nicole Harvey)
The patterns in a light fixture
(Brenda Santalucia/Brenda Santalucia)