Your best photos of window light
Our Photo Desk call-out for reader photos for the week of August 25 to September 1 is on the theme of window light. 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 the September 2 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.
Garrett Millar: This is the interior of the dome of St. Peter's looking up from floor.Garrett Millar
Jeff Woodward: This photo was taken on Sunday August 28th in an antique Trolley car atop the High Level Bridge in Edmonton AB. The subject is my fiancee Jen.Jeff Woodward
Garrett Millar: This is the main or primary spire of this church that extends upward from the main altar.Garrett Millar
Ainsley Kling photo: Table Flowers - Light from an the sunset hits on the flowers on my dining room table.Ainsley Kling
Melissa Debren photo: Untitled - Self portrait using only the light coming through the window. No editing, just used the black and white feature on the camera.Melissa Debren
Barry Hicks photo: Window Light Category - Old House in Kings Landing New Brunswick. Tourist attraction to reenact life in the early days of Canada. Taken several years afo while on vacationBarry Hicks
Pat Marchen photo: Hally's Silhouette - Hally shows off her fine, feline figure as the sun falls on a summer evening.Pat Marchen
Michael Bearden photo: Taken August 31st with Canon T3i - On an overcast Day in Iqaluit Light shining through closed blinds to illuminate the last Orchid. ISO 100 1 sec with f/5.6 ManualMichael Bearden
Ed Burden photo: Window Light - 2011/08/31: A moment of serenity at the University of Toronto the week before classes start.Ed Burden
Frederic Jon Mercnik photo: Warehouse - I took this photo today of Canada Hair Cloth Building. It was once a triving business. The front of the building faced the old Welland Canal. This photo has a lot of mystery to it.Frederic Jon Mercnik
Peter Pinfold photo: Early morning light - Morning light shining on a form for making rubber gloves. Aug. 28,2011, ISO 320, f 16, 125th.Peter Pinfold
ian mcleod photo: stained light - stained glass windows in an ontario church built in the late 1800'sian mcleod
Melissa Debren photo: Tessa - My favourite portrait subject, Tessa. Taken at home on a sunny in December.Melissa Debren
ian mcleod photo: wintertime swim - the girls enjoying a balmy indoor swim in the midst of another great lakes winterian mcleod
T.Bennett Finley photo: Sarah At the Window - A photo by window light-5year girl sits looking out the window at passers byT.Bennett Finley
Craig Pelzer photo: Grand Hotel - Interior of the Hotel Grande Palais in Cancun, Mexico ; December 2010Craig Pelzer
Frederic Jon Mercnik photo: Church Flowers - I photographed this shot inside the smallest church. Backlighting created a soft peaceful feel.Frederic Jon Mercnik
Larry C. Rideout photo: Skylight - Photo taken Aug. 29/11 at the Distrillary District using light from the skylight.Larry C. Rideout
Melissa Debren photo: Sunshine - Out 5 year old Vizsla loves the heat from the sun through the window.Melissa Debren
Glenn Kletke photo: Golden Wooden Shoes - This a photo of a pair of wooden clogs in the sunlit window of a souvenir shop in a small Dutch town.Glenn Kletke
Jenn Vibert photo: Is that a mouse? - My cat Kiri is distracted by a noise in the late afternoon sunshine at the cottage.Jenn Vibert
Jeff Gilliard photo: Barcelon Dining Room - Taken in 2005 while in Barcelona, I wandered in to an interesting restaurant that was closed, but the staff let me in.The vase and it's shadow was a magic moment. Luck to be there at that time of day.Jeff Gilliard
Donnie Cameron photo: Window Light - Sunlight through the blind. Aug. 31, 2011Donnie Cameron
David Maltby photo: Early winter morning - Break from early morning readingDavid Maltby
Glenn Kletke photo: Dancing On The Palace Floor - Taken on a June morning, this is a photo of a toddler who dashed from his parents to enjoy the floor of the grand ballroom in Catherine's Palace near St. Petersburg, Russia.Glenn Kletke
Gerald McLarty photo: soaring light - inside the new Oslo Norway opera house taken in May 2011Gerald McLarty
Nikolai Malykhin photo: New day - Picture was taken in our apartment last weekNikolai Malykhin
Beth Boudreau photo: Basking in the sun - Lois taking a nap basking in the low winter sun of February.Beth Boudreau
Craig Pelzer photo: Afternoon shadows - The interior wall of the auditorium at Laurier University which hosted my daughter's commencement, June 2011.Craig Pelzer
Larry C. Rideout photo: Skylight - Larry C. Rideout: Taken Aug. 29/11 at the Distillery District in Toronto.Larry C. Rideout
Milena Petrovic photo: Stay, Sunshine - Meet Lola--my pomeranian who refused to let me out of my bed in Toronto last week. She succeeded as I grabbed my camera and took pictures of her inbetween cuddles. Canon 50D, 50mm lens f1.8.Milena Petrovic
Bob Sherman: Cupboard doors in my kitchen, lit by morning light coming through sliding doors, March 27/11.Bob Sherman
Theresa Forte: This Granville Island florist is bathed in beautiful spring light as she arranges a pretty bouquet. Granville Island, Vancouver, BC, April 2011. Nikon D700, 50mm 1.4 lens.Theresa Forte
Jim Shaw: Street Lamp Light Illuminate a Hand Gesture Through A Car Window.Jim Shaw
James Lazar: The glass flower skylight, located in the lobby of the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas. Photo taken January 2011.James Lazar
Theresa Forte: A touching moment between my grandson Rocco and his mom - soft light from a skylight makes this picture. Nikon D700, 50mm 1.4 lens, sitting in a restaurant on Bowen Island, BC.Theresa Forte
Johanne Pasion: This is our cat Ginger who loves basking in the sunlight.Johanne Pasion
Linda Sangwine: Taken in August 2011Linda Sangwine
Kevin Hardy: This is my best buddy, William - The Big Shooter, sitting under a La Hoya hanging plant and staring out the front window.Kevin Hardy
ruth krahn: summer reading at the cabinruth krahn
Craig Pelzer: The second floor of the town hall in Coburg Ontario, taken August 2011.Craig Pelzer
Craig Pelzer: Entering Canada's National Gallery, Ottawa, August 2011.Craig Pelzer
Theresa Forte: Soft, natural light poured in through the windows in this large hall in Fort Townsend in Washington State. My granddaughter Ruby was very pleased with her clay creation. Nikon D700, 50mm 1.4 lens.Theresa Forte
Randy Hamilton: This photo was taken August 28 with the mid morning sun shining through a south window on my barn. The aperature was F11 at 1/3 of a second exposure.Randy Hamilton
Bob Sherman: A room screen/divider lit by light coming through the window in my friend's house in Framingham, MA. October 8. 2010.Bob Sherman
Malcolm Cross: Taken with iPhone 3 in morning light through door window.Malcolm Cross
Craig Pelzer: Swimming at the West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton, Alberta; August 2006.Craig Pelzer
ruth krahn: two kerosene lamps sitting on a table, at the cabinruth krahn
James Lazar: Dinosaur bones at the Royal Ontario Museum. Photo taken July 2011.James Lazar
Drew K. Allen: Shot at 0730 with curtains mostly drawn using Nikon D7000 with 35mm F1:1.8 lens; ISO 6400; F4.5; 1/13 sDrew K. Allen
Susan Georgette: This loveliest of marble sculptures - the ode to being in love with love June 9, 2011 - Canon 5D Mark II - 1/4, F8, ISO 800 (last digit in postl code is 7)Susan Georgette
susan georgette: My very first trip to Paris and the Louvre this summer - June 9, 2011. This magnificent sculpture that speaks to man's most noble ideas. Taken with my Canon 5D Mark II - 1/4, F8, ISO 800.susan georgette
Jennifer Hannam: Our son playing Dad's guitar on a sunny morning at the cottage - August 2011.Jennifer Hannam
Bob Sherman: A patch of evening light reflected off a window of the house opposite, onto implements at the top of the stairs to my basement. July 29, 2011.Bob Sherman
Frederic Jon Mercnik: This pboto was taken inside Brocks Monument looking straight down using window light to illuminate the stairsFrederic Jon Mercnik
Jamie Kite: My mothers guitar waits to be played. Early spring sunlight.Jamie Kite
James Lazar: Ceiling of Parliament Building in Ottawa lit by high windows. Photo taken July 2011.James Lazar
Johanne Pasion: This is our cat Cosmo enjoying a moment in our living room in the dappled sunlightJohanne Pasion
Theresa Forte: This Granville Island florist is bathed in beautiful spring light as she arranges a pretty bouquet. Granville Island, Vancouver, BC, April 2011. Nikon D700, 50mm 1.4 lens.Theresa Forte
Linda Sangwine: Taken in 2008Linda Sangwine
Rachel Lambe: I thought at first this picture was rather funny - all the peaches lined up...once I saw it I really rather liked how it turned out. Not artsy but neat.Rachel Lambe
Bob Sherman: A facial tissue lit by morning light shining through my kitchen window, with shadows on it from the window frame and a house plant. April 30, 2011.Bob Sherman
Jim Shaw: Soft Morning Light Illuminates A Streetcar Opperator On The Queen St Line, Toronto.Jim Shaw
Craig Pelzer: Taken at the Blue Lagoon restaurant Iceland, April 2011.Craig Pelzer
anami naths: Afternoon light through stained glass window in old church at Roche Harbour, San Juan Islands.anami naths
Linda Sangwine: Taken in November 2008Linda Sangwine
Mavis Fung: Taken at the Lang Pioneer Village in Keene, Ontario in July 2011. "A smile is the light in the window of your face that tells people you are at home."Mavis Fung
Neha Sharma: Picture taken on June 19, 2011 in Edmonton, Alberta.Neha Sharma
Bob Sherman: Leaves of a house plant, illuminated by morning light in my kitchen, April 17, 2011. 1/200s, f5.0, 109mm focal length on a 55-250 zoom lens.Bob Sherman
J. Edward Hurley: Franklin Delano Roosevelt's cigarette and holder on a parlour table in the family cottage on Campobello Island, New Brunswick - a large picture window casts the bay area light.J. Edward Hurley
Amy C. Hurley: Taken in Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris, in June of 2008. I was travelling Europe as a Pathfinder (Girl Guide) and snapped it.Amy C. Hurley
Kathy Belford: Taken at our hotel in Dublin on a rare sunny day. the light from the front windw made these chairs more regal than they already were. f3.6 iso 200 1/100sec.Kathy Belford
Susan Declerck: This Buddha welcomes visitors to Shanti Yoga Retreat on Wolfe Island across from Kingston, Ontario.Susan Declerck
Daniel Brunton: The people are gone but the garden flourishesDaniel Brunton
Marie Ang: Appreciating the illumination in a construction site paused during Ramadan, Nablus CityMarie Ang
Kathy Belford: Taken Dec 2010, in Monte Verde - Costa Rica the lunch tables just set up. no lights other than the light from the window. f4.2 ISO200 1/125Kathy Belford
Margaret Zubert: I visited my cousin in Alaska a couple of summers ago. The living room had multiple windows on two sides in order to take advantage of the magnificent view and the long hours of summer sunshine.Margaret Zubert
richard wright: A picture that I think captures in an image Jack Layton's passing and the fledgeling promise of the party (NDP) he left, still vulnerable but with life and potential rooted in his tremendous effort.richard wright
Jamie-Lou Ferguson: The morning light is low enough to come in the kitchen window in Feb and set everything a glow.Jamie-Lou Ferguson
Mark Wise: Taken on a bus in Nicaragua in August 2011, showing one of the many volcanoes through the window, and Mother and child inside the bus.Mark Wise
Daniel Brunton: It was easy to appreciate how such soft natural light filtering through ten century old columns makes Westminister Abbey such a spiritual placeDaniel Brunton
Geoff Sanderson: An impromptu snapshot of our rescue cat Sprite enjoying the early morning sunshine through the window in August, 2006, just before we headed out to enjoy a beautiful summer's day in Victoria, BC.Geoff Sanderson
Marie Ang: Appreciating a quiet moment in dusty, tourist filled St Peter's, VaticanMarie Ang
Christine Ritchie: Terra Cotta figures illuminated by skylightsChristine Ritchie
Marie Ang: Sunlight creeps through to the ceiling of a construction site, Nablus City, PalestineMarie Ang
George Douglas Oliver: Claymore stands patiently as Margaret readies him for dressage practice. Photo taken in Invermere, BC, at 4pm August 21, 2011.George Douglas Oliver
An office display for the Calgary Stampede July 2011, in the lobby with the full light from the windows streaming in. f4.5 iso 500 1/20s.Kathy Belford
Daniel Brunton: German machine gunners mowed down Canadian boys mere metres away through this tiny window until the madness of Vimy Ridge was finally overDaniel Brunton
Kathy Belford: This was taken in the a.m. from a west window, in April of 2011. The cats love to sun themselves on the piano and take turns sneaking up on one another to get the best spot. Nikon D90 f3.4 ISO200 1/25Kathy Belford
Susan Declerck: This is one of many lovely windows at Shanti Retreat on Wolfe Island through which the light flows.Susan Declerck
Mima Kapches: Sun strafes through windows at the cottage, August 26, 2011, Lake Muskoka.Mima Kapches
Amy C. Hurley: Taken in the Louvre Museum in Paris in June of 2008. I was travelling Europe as a Pathfinder (Girl Guides for 15 year olds) and snapped it. What an incredible place.Amy C. Hurley
Kathy Belford: Taken May 2011 in the Conservatory at the Calgary Zoo, light only by the wun coming in through the conservatory. Nikon D90 f5.6, iso 160, 1/1000sKathy Belford
Gurinder Brar: Sunlight through the oculus at the Pantheon, Rome, ItalyGurinder Brar
D Panagiotoglou: Window light with shadow cast by blindsD Panagiotoglou
Dean Jorgensen: I was staying at a hotel in Dakar, Senegal that left treats in the room for me every day. One day I came back from work to find a raspberry macaron that looked just too delicious to eat.Dean Jorgensen
Joyce Crago: This picture was taken Wednesday, August 24th using only natural light.Joyce Crago
Tiana Pfeifer: My Daughter licking her plate after icecream cake.Tiana Pfeifer
Kathryn Gullason: Light through the window of a landing of an apartment in Stockholm, Sweden.Kathryn Gullason
Janet Campbell: Afternoon light filtering through the woodwork of our rocking chair. It was amazing how it focused on the chair. This photo was taken in the late 1990's and I have always loved it.Janet Campbell
Chris Yu: Photo taken 08/27/2011. Orchids backlit by morning sunlight. Rotated 90 degrees.Chris Yu
Carol Tomany: This photo was taken August 27, 2011. It's the reflection of sunlight shining through a south window onto a wooden floor. I made one crop.Carol Tomany
Keith Edwards: A Huichol Indian inside a shop in Puerto Vallarta Mexico. A flash would have bleached out the features of his face and the rich colours of the tapestry in the backgroundKeith Edwards
Kathryn Gullason: A statue at the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Sweden, is bathed in light.Kathryn Gullason