The grand-prize winner also will get a chance to be our cover model for an upcoming issue.

Click here to enter: http://ydr.mycapture.com/mycapture/photos/Album.aspx?EventID=508082&CategoryID=38848

Follow the link to the reader submission gallery and click on "Submit a photo."

Deadline for entries is July 15. Include your name, the names of those pictured and the municipality in which you live.

Need a guide to getting a great shot?

T.h.e. B.e.s.t. R.i.c.e. are 11 steps for good composition.

Spend some time with a camera and take plenty of pictures. Build your own list.

T. 360 degree rule: When looking at a possible subject of a picture, try to imagine it from every angle, walk all the way around it -- 360 degrees. This can mean time, too. Imagine the subject being shot in the morning, afternoon or late at night.

h. Human interest: The old man with plenty of character lines and a personality we can feel; the little girl cuddling her kitten. These are the pictures that "grab" us for no good reason other than emotion.

e. Expression: A graduation picture, empty of anything but solemn faces, stands little chance of being noticed. Put a grin, scream, tear or laugh on one or all those faces, and bingo, it's a winner.

B. Balance: Generally, a face, runner, boat or anything suggesting direction should be facing into the picture.

e. Entrance and exit: This is the "old farm road leading into the barn" picture we've seen in the art shops. It's a road, river, sidewalk, step, fence or footprints that take us right into the main center of interest.

s. Simplicity: Don't try to get everything in the picture. The simpler we keep the picture, the easier it is to view. Generally, the less in the picture, the better it is. Especially when it comes to people.

t. Thirds, rule of: Divide a film frame into thirds both horizontally and vertically. The intersections of those lines are strong places to put the photograph's subject.

R. Rhythm and repetition: Utility poles, fences, people, cars or other objects lined up to give a design make interesting pictures.

i. Interest, center of: A pretty scene can be an eye-catcher at first. But it loses appeal after the eye wanders from point to point if the photo has nothing on which to anchor itself.

c. Contrast: We're not talking merely black and white, but also big and small, tall and short, fat and thin, dry and wet, pretty and ugly, hot and cold.

e. Eye-level syndrome: This is a photo fault that shows every picture at our eye level. Bend down or climb a step or two to get away from everyone's normal point of view.