Advanced Photoshop Pictures Contest - 10 high resolution image entries
Contest Directions:Create images of something that happened in the news from 1/22/07 - 1/28/07.
An example of a recent news story that could be used can be found here: It seems a 65 year old woman saved her husband's life by poking a cougar in the eye using a pen as two mountain lions attacked the couple in a California state park. Now there is a man I envy. I can't even get my wife to shovel the sidewalk for me.
In the Author's Comments, it is mandatory to link to a news story. You should use this format to make a link: [URL="http://www.SomeNewsLink.com"] news title [/URL]
Thanks to Mother Nature for sponsoring this contest. [ browse best gallery pictures ][ browse this contest gallery in normal resolution ] Tag funny pix newsjanjan Jackpot: 1st place: $5, 2nd place: $3 , 3rd place: $2 Started: 1/27/2007 6:00:00 AM, Ended: 1/29/2007 6:00:00 AM
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L'Abbé Pierre, beaten to second place in "France's Most Popular Man" opinion poll by Zinedine Zidane, takes an interest in soccer and helps his local team in a training session, with tragic results.
The clips already going round the net showing the Abbé's hanging are of course forgeries. This one, even though basely commercial, is much nearer the truth :
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