Congratulations to Omar Awad of Dallas, the winner of the Flickr Photo of the Week contest! Omar is a first time winner to our contest. He follows last week’s winner, Samarpita Sengupta.

If you would like to participate in the Flickr Photo of the Week contest, all you need to do is upload your photo to our Flickr group page. It’s fine to submit a photo you took earlier than the current week, but we are hoping that the contest will inspire you to go out and shoot something fantastic this week to share with Art&Seek users. If the picture you take involves a facet of the arts, even better. The contest week will run from Monday to Sunday, and the Art&Seek staff will pick a winner on Monday afternoon. We’ll notify the winner through FlickrMail (so be sure to check those inboxes) and ask you to fill out a short survey to tell us a little more about yourself and the photo you took. We’ll post the winners’ photo on Wednesday.

Now, here’s more from Omar:

Title of photo: bud in ice

Equipment: Nikon 1 J3

Tell us more about your photo: While driving to work over the icy weekend the beauty of the tree branches encased in ice made the drive worth it. I wanted to remember the view with a photo that captures that harsh beauty. I took this photo just outside my house.  I want to also mention that I avoided taking any photos of my ice covered patio furniture 😉 I feel honored that my photo won the contest. Thank you.