Picture of a street dog on a beautiful evening at Aksa beach ,Mumbai Photo taken by NEENAD ARUL (India) - Animals/Pets

I took this on a hiking trip to Mt. Robson provincial park. What an amazing experience! Photo taken by Calvin Owen Jones (Canada) - Nature

this picture was taken in lubbock texas. We took it yesterday and the theme is artistic it shows a story of a girl in the wild trying to find herself Photo taken by kaci owens (United States) - Artistic/Creative

I visited the Lido Beach Marine Nature Study Area as it's monarch migration time here in NYC. After a short walk I found plenty of them in the vicinity of a few butterfly bushes. In the 45 minutes I spent there I managed to tire out my hand and overheat my flash. Yes it was fun! I was shooting with my flash on the hot shoe tilted up at 45 degrees with a diffuser. This provides nice soft light to help pop the color and fill in some shadows. The lighting varied from bright sun at high noon to light clouds (haze). Shooting in bushes it's hard to find good backgrounds so I shot mostly wide open to blur them. Photo taken by Morris Bennett Altman (United States) - Nature

This picture represents the exact moment of the musical artists release of emotion while on stage, they spend the hours before a show building nerves and excitement to release at the opportune time, just as the crowd goes wild. Having pushed past security this shot was taken at the Ferntree Gully Hotel September 30th, and what an event it was! Photo taken by Tim James (Australia) - Holidays/Events

In the performance of the Nutcracker, the Snow Queen is proudly leaping through the air. Photo taken by Mindy Roth (United States) - People/Family/Friends

I found these crystals growing on a tarp one morning in November 2013. Wellsville, New York. Photo taken by Nick Smith (United States) - Nature

This is one thing people usually dont notice when they visit several places.I tried to capture it with a different view Photo taken by Dhruv Saxena (United Arab Emirates) - Artistic/Creative

Rue, the snow horse! Taken in Central Oregon in one of the many weather conditions, that come and go! Photo taken by Mckenzie Miller (United States) - Animals/Pets

Flowers galore from a Paris flower shop. They were on a stand outside their doorway. What they can do with flowers is always creative and stunning. Photo taken by Odette (United States) - Artistic/Creative

Editor's Note: Enjoy today's International Picture of the Day selection! Photo taken by S.Bax (Netherlands) - Nature

I live in a very old house at the moment. This is a window that, clearly, was once an exterior window. It now looks out from a bedroom closet into a sunroom. The lighting in this little window adds to the isolation of this closet from the outdoors. Photo taken by Joe Donley (United States) - Artistic/Creative

Statue of Thomas Jefferson in the rotunda of the Jefferson Memorial at night. Photo taken by Bill Jonscher (United States) - Holidays/Events

just curiosity captured with a child in my neighbor hood. tq. Photo taken by kandukuri ramesh babu (India) - Nature

I love black and white, and even enjoy black and white pics of flowers. I know some folks think a flower should never be done in BAW, but to me it looks great. Photo taken by Gabrielle Harrison (United States) - Nature

Taken on the 9th of August this year as we travelled up Franschoek pass. Spotted this Yellow Billed Kite (I think) and tracked it until it was in the blue portion of the sky. Photo taken by Selwyn Lloyd (South Africa) - Travel/Vacation

Editor's Note: Enjoy today's International Picture of the Day selection! Photo taken by keijiosk (Japan) - Animals/Pets

Both eyes are focused by these Burrowing Owls on a point of interest. Photo taken by Linn Smith (United States) - Animals/Pets

Mt. McKinley peak as seen from Denali National Park on an August eventing. 1/500 sec @ f. 8.0 Photo taken by Sanford Shapiro (United States) - Nature

I love doors and red. Downtown, Birmingham, AL 2012 Traveled downtown Photo taken by Mick Gurley (United States) - Travel/Vacation

If you're hungry enough, is not scared even bigger than yourself Photo taken by Stane (Slovenia) - Animals/Pets

This picture is for me one of the best I took so far, I made this one in Mortsel close to the city where I live. Photo taken by Jef Van den Bossche (Belgium) - People/Family/Friends

One of the most memorable nights of my New York trip was spent waiting for the sun to set and light to fade for the shot I had pictured in my head. Temperatures dropped as low as -8°C which made operating the camera very difficult and my waiting family very impatient. ?Got the shot?? was shouted from behind me and after 40 minutes of waiting, with the click of one button I was beyond pleased to turn around and reply, ?Yep, got the shot?. Photo taken by James Vodicka (Australia) - Travel/Vacation

I took this photo while walking at a local park. There is a bridge crossing a river, and these icicles were wrapping around the metal on the bridge. I thought it to be a great opportunity for an isolation close up shot of nature's art. Photo taken by Jeffrey Heidrich (United States) - Artistic/Creative