Contest #3 "Light and Shadow" is open. [contest gallery] Awards will be "special user" memberships (the same that we'll give to people who donate to the site).
I just wanted to point out to everyone that to enter the contest, you need to select the contest gallery when uploading. This will place the image in User*Contest. After that, a Mod will move the image into the actual contest gallery. So don't get too upset if it doesn't show up there right away. :-)
This is what I had in mind with "Light and Shadow":
chiar·oscu·ro
Pronunciation: kE-a-ro -'skyur-(")O, -'skur-
1 : pictorial representation in terms of light and shade without regard to color.
2 a : the arrangement or treatment of light and dark parts in a pictorial work of art b : the interplay or contrast of dissimilar qualities (as of mood or character).
3 : a 16th century woodcut technique involving the use of several blocks to print different tones of the same color; also : a print made by this technique.
4 : the interplay of light and shadow on or as if on a surface.
5 : the quality of being veiled or partly in shadow
phew... I'm glad we're allowed multiple submissions, I have too many ideas that I can't manage to put into one piece... I think I may end up with four.