"Shiny" photos, and our next theme, "Dog days of summer"

Our "shiny" photo theme put a creative gleam in the eye of many local photographers. Four shots fit into today's paper, but a host of neat ones did not, so check them all out below.

Our next theme will be "Dog days of summer." Please send in your pictures by 10 a.m. on Sept. 2.

If you're photographer -- of any age or skill level -- we'd love to see what you've got for our themes. Just email your submissions to web@powelltribune.com in jpeg, png, tiff or PSD format. Please include the photographer's first and last name, and tell us a little bit about your photo. For more information, see our blog entry.

We typically publish one or two shots in the print edition and post the others here on the blog. Like this:
This sunrise shot captured by Fred Burris shows the sun "peeking through a stand of larkspur" in the Big Horn Mountains.
Burris also emailed in this wild-eyed shot of sun spectacles.

"When Buffy laid her sunglasses on the dinning room table, she saw this strange reflection of our dinning room light," Burris wrote.
During the fair's demolition derby, Tribune designer and photographer Carla Wensky took this shot of a welder working diligently to get his ride prepped for re-smashing. Note the cool lens flare.Clive and Shirley Dillon turned out the lights and captured their LED flashlight shining in the darkness.
This gleaming, fresh-from-the-garden rhubarb was also sent in by the Dillons, of Powell.
Toby Bonner, the Tribune's general manager, snapped a couple photos of folks pampering their sun-catching rides at Wing 'N' Wheels last weekend.While driving along in colder, snowier, times, Steve Jackson captured this sun dog on the horizon.
Tribune reporter Gib Mathers snapped this shot of a "mighty shiny" iguana this week.

"This gleaming iguana took a real shine to its owner, Jerry Ruth of Clark, who was petting it," Gib wrote. "The scales are shiny as brand new nickels, but what sparkles most is the lizard’s glittering grin. This reptile is no doubt in iguana heaven."
The glinting sun off the Anheuser-Busch grain elevators in Ralston caught the eye of Donna Rae Wageman of Cody this month.
The Tribune's Kara Bacon spied this reflective base of a light post in the west-most portion of the Aldrich's parking lot. If you're having a hard time making heads or tails of it, here's a hint: the picture is not rightside-up, but not upside-down, either.
Willie Marcus sent in this shot of submerged grass in a shiny lake near Cooke City.
Willie also caught this milkweed leaf after a rain shower.
Lydia Moore of rural Powell submitted this shot of her Land Cruiser polished up and ready for last month's Park County Fair parade.
The setting sun caught a traffic sign just right to shine along the North Fork highway, and Trib staffer CJ (who's writing this post) took a picture.
I also snagged this shot of a duck family making their way up a Yellowstone stream.
Caleb Condie, a member of the Powell schools' summer cleaning crew, snagged this shot of the spiffed-up gym floor at the high school. Sarah Montoya, gym custodian, and fellow cleaning crew member Casey Borcher are shown giving the floor its second and final coat of finish, coating the floor with a nice reflective sheen, and, more importantly, a layer of protection.