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Your best photos of movement
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(Jorden Dixon) Hide captionJohn Kowal (left) and his daughter Caitlyn Kowal (right) take a rip on the Sizzler at the Shooting Star Amusements midway at the Peachfest in Penticton, B.C. in 2010. They rode the ride six times.
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(Eunice Poon) Hide captionMolly Guldemond of Mother Mother claps to the beat of the music, at The Gateway in Calgary Alberta.
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(James Lazar) Hide captionCar headlights and tail lamps paint the roads in this 50 second exposure taken from the 47th floor of the Vdara hotel in Vegas (Feb 12th). 3-stop neutral density filter allows the long exposure.
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(Richard Erlendson) Hide captionThe warm water flowing from the volcano Arenal in northern Costa Rica creates an artful dance as it spills over a small waterfall at night. Photo taken in 2009.
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(Katie Fisher) Hide captionDuring a cold winter day, Kevin Dwornik shows off for the camera in the warmth of my Calgary home.
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(Jerry Simon) Hide captionTaken in Sarasota, Florida. The blurred wings with sharply focused body helps give a sense of movement.
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(Richard Erlendson) Hide captionWater streams spill over a rock face on the volcano Arenal in Costa Rica -- their motion and character caught by a slow shutter speed. Phoot taken in 2009.
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(Mary Ellen McQuay) Hide captionMovement: Storm waves crashing over pier and lighthouse on the shore of Lake Ontario, Whibty, Ontario.
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(Richard Erlendson) Hide captionBison on the Adam Ranch near Grande prairie, Alta., taken on an artful pose created with the motion of the camera as the shutter released. Photo taken in December 2007.
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(Paul Cornwall) Hide captionHow do you get a high angle 2 shot? by throwing your camera high into the air. Montigo Bay, March 2012
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(Marina Giannitsos) Hide captionA biker going for a ride on the outskirts of Calgary. Calgary, AB. September 2011.
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(Jerry Simon) Hide captionTaken in Florence, Italy, July 2010. A monk dressed in white was walking quickly with a tourist looking on. A slow shutter speed gave the monk a ghost-like appearance.
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(Marina Giannitsos) Hide captionA penguin dives into the water at the new Calgary Zoo exhibit, the Penguin Plunge. Calgary AB. March 2012.
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(Richard Erlendson) Hide captionThe Grande prairie, Alta., Composite High School Concet Band might be playing a movement, but it is also turned into a movement by a long shutter speed. Photo taken in March 2009.
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(Richard Erlendson) Hide captionThe Grande Prairie, Alta., Composite High School Orchetra members create a whirl of motion as they perform in concert in March, 2009.
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(Derek Mange) Hide captionCalgary's C-Train caught flying through the night like a dragon. March 6 2012.
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(Meghan Wright) Hide captionI took this picture in Venice Beach last summer. I spent one month in California taking photos with my grandpa's old Nikon F.
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(Shawn Joseph) Hide captionTraffic driving past Rome's Coliseum, featuring a a garbage can front and center.
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(Chris Bolin) Hide captionA bartender at the Hotel California in Todos Santos, Mexico, makes a drink behind the bar on Tuesday, February 28, 2012. The Hotel California was the first in the area to have ice in the 1940s.
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(Joanna MacDonald) Hide captionCommotion on the Beach - Taken on Vanderbilt Beach, Naples, Florida - February, 2012
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(David Johnston) Hide captionMy daughter, Anna (age 5), on the move at the Space Needle in Seattle, in July 2011.
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(Derek Mange) Hide captionCalgary's C-Train ruches to the Brentwood station late at night. March 6 2012
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(Gina Iaquinta) Hide captionThis photo was taken in the morning after Calgary received a large snow fall that accumulated over 5 cm.
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(Kimberly Barban) Hide captionThis photo was taken in a dark room using a cellphone light to create swooshes of light to represent movment along with the shadow figure of a girl creating the light in the background.
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(Michael Lavdas) Hide captionThis photo was taken using a timer and tripod, it's of my girlfriend and I on a walk we took through the woods.
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(Kourtney Tateson) Hide captionBlair Deault captured midway through a Backside 180 spin, March 2011
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(James Paton) Hide captionOn a wintery night in Calgary a pedestrian strolls the bridge connecting Princes Island Park and Downtown.
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(Frederic Jon Mercnik) Hide captionMarch 5 - This photo was taken at the Toronto Train Station. I used 1/30 of a second shutter speed. There is enough blurr to suggest movement.
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(Richard de Lhorbe) Hide captionISO 100, f32, crossed polarizing filters for a 7 sec exposure. Winter storm waves crashing on rocks in Botany Bay, Juan de Fuca Provincial Park, near Port Renfrew, Vancouver Island, BC - Mar 5 2012
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(Sibyl Bigler) Hide captionThe UAA Seawolves pump each other up before the game begins. Photo Credit: Sibyl Bigler
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(Sibyl Bigler) Hide captionThe UAA Seawolves pump each other up before the game begins. Photo Credit: Sibyl Bigler
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(Gregory Holmgren) Hide captionDancers Andrea Lithgow and Alice Irene Walker-Cumming at Ocean Mussack Studio, ON, January 24, 2011.
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(Gregory Holmgren) Hide captionDancers Andrea Lithgow and Alice Irene Walker-Cumming at Ocean Mussack Studio, ON, January 24, 2011.
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(Sibyl Bigler) Hide captionOn Friday, February 24 the UAA Seawolves win 3 to 2 against their rivalry team the Alaska Fairbanks Nanooks. Photo Credit: Sibyl Bigler.
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(David Johnston) Hide captionMy daughter, Anna (age 5), moving at full speed at the Reynolds Museum near Edmonton.
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(Sibyl Bigler) Hide captionThe battle to be number one continues as UAA's Jordy Kwas takes centre ice for the first face off of the game. Photo Credit: Sibyl Bigler
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(Sibyl Bigler) Hide captionFast paced downtown Calgary begins to finally slow down around 11:00pm on Wednesday evening of February 29. Photo Credit: Sibyl Bigler.
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(Paul Oxley) Hide captionMy cat Duma having her favourite drinking method from the faucet, with a flick of her tongue!
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(Michael Reinhart) Hide captionTaken while awaiting a train at Taplow train station in the UK, July 2011.
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(Frederic Jon Mercnik) Hide captionMarch 5 - I took this photo in Toronto, on Front Street. I really like the contrast of the still, stark background, and the man in motion. His blurred movement is the center of attention.
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(Corinne Sato) Hide captionTaken in Sukhothai, Thailand at a night market. Thai boys were breakdancing, and I took a photo.
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(Julie Enfield) Hide captionI capture this jogger through a moving car window in downtown Toronto on November 17, 2011.
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(Corinne Sato) Hide captionThe view from a bus in Sukhothai, Thailand. A father/son duo driving a bike.
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(Sarah Henderson) Hide captionA family of five piles onto a motorcycle in Siem Reap, Cambodia. November, 2011.
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(Julie Enfield) Hide captionA body builder tries out some new moves in a downtown Toronto studio. Shot April 26, 2011.
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(Susan Deneve) Hide captionThe F16 performs at the Airdrie Air Show, leaving a trail of flame behind it, to the delight of all of the onlookers.
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(Michael Reinhart) Hide captionTaken in the early evening at the beginning of May 2011 as this pair of Canada geese launch into take-off.
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(Michael Reinhart) Hide captionTaken in the Holyhead (Wales) ferry/train terminal as a group of skaters attempt their various jumps in the empty hall area.
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(Petra Knight) Hide captionThis is a picture of my little brother Alec drawing pictures of me that I took today.
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(Peter Maitland) Hide captionA couple performing in one of the traditional folk dances of the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca. Taken at a shutter speed of 1/40 sec.
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(Richard Erlendson) Hide captionJonnie Newman, 6, of Calgary heads for the action at her birthday party at Lloyd's Roller Arena on Sat., March 3.
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(Richard Erlendson) Hide captionA couple of girls enjoy the tunes and break some moves as they dance while they roller skate at Lloyd's Roller Arena in Calgary on Sat. March 3.
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(Virginia ten Cate) Hide captiontaken in late October 2011 this photo portrays the wonderful sense of adventure of a normal 5-year-old boy as he leaps trustingly into life
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(Matt Hofford) Hide captionThe girls ran at me with their headlamps on a beautifully dark and calm night in the Gatineau hills.
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(Frederic Jon Mercnik) Hide captionI photographed this scene at an eighth of a second. with a slight pan. Taken March 3rd.
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(Frederic Jon Mercnik) Hide captionChester loves to fetch the ball every day. I panned Chester with a slow shutter speed. I really like how the orange ball is the center of attention. Taken March 4th.
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(Lembi Buchanan) Hide captionMother photographs child riding the carousel at Butchart Gardens in Vitoria BC on March 3, 2012.
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(Bob Goodwin) Hide captionTaken January 2012 while on a river cruise down the Mekong Delta through Cambodia and Viet Nam.
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(Vanessa Harwood) Hide captionZoomer videographer got into the action with the Older & Reckless dancers in Toronto.Mar 1st.
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(Gord Iversen) Hide captionShot March 3, 2012 off Dallas Rd Beach in Victoria. Kite surfers and wind surfers during a light gale.
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(Kelly Munce) Hide captionMy new adopted Spirnger Spaniel discovering the joys of a country field this past autumn.
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(Prabhakaran) Hide captionFrom a moving vehicle I snapped this image of the Historic Confederation building in Prince Edward Island
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(Sam Chua) Hide captionMy dog was playing with his best friend, a german short haired pointer, at the local dog park
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(Karry Taylor) Hide captionArtur Was of Poland completes at the 2012 Essent ISU World Sprint Speed Skating Championships at the Olympic Oval in Calgary. Photo taken on Jan. 28.
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(Kathy Rayner) Hide captionI gave my husband a pot to lick out, and he moved so fast that the camera captured two images of his hand. Taken March 3, 2012.
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(Joanna MacDonald) Hide captionTaken onboard the Anjodi - sailing along the Canal de Midi, France in May 2011
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(T. Parish) Hide captionLooking east on Lawrence Ave. E (at the DVP). The lights of cars going east and west and the street lights still.
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Photo Desk is The Globe and Mail's online camera club for photography enthusiasts. Each week, we present an assignment on a variety of themes, from low angle photos to pets. Our photo editors review the submissions and publish one winner in the newspaper. You can find it at the back of the Life section on Fridays.
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