Congratulations to Cassandra Adamson for her winning photo this week! That means we’re halfway through the contest and we still only have one entrant into the contest for the Gorillapod SLR-Zoom tripod. Read on to find out more about Cassandra’s shot and how you can win the tripod, or just send your favorite photos from around Austin to photo@rootedaustin.com to enter in next week’s contest.

Here’s what Cassandra had to say about her photo:

I’m up early enough to see the sun rise most days, so I decided last week that I wanted to see how self-disciplined I could be. I got up before dawn to not only see one, but also to photograph a sunrise from an interesting area. Observation Hill on Riverside Drive provided a good vantage point of the skyline, although it also made me the perfect target for the cold winds blowing around that morning!

Congratulations to Cassandra, and thanks for voting in last week’s contest. So far, Lacey Dowden is the only photographer entered into the drawing to win a free Gorillapod tripod. Here’s how you can get into the competition:

Winning photographers will be placed into a drawing for a prize (more on that later). There are two ways to get entries. The first is by having the winning photo of the week, which gets you two entries into the drawing. You can also get a single entry in the drawing if your photo gets more than 15 votes during the contest week. So, if you get 20 votes for a photo one week and your photo has the most votes overall, you’ll get a total of three entries into the contest.

There are some rules. The photos have to be from around Austin, which means either in Austin or the outlying area. Photos should be submitted to photo@rootedaustin.com in JPEG format and at least 1,000 pixels wide. Photographers can send in multiple pictures, but only one of them can get an entry into the drawing by passing the 15-vote threshold. For example, if you send us three pictures and each one gets 15 or more votes, you get one entry. If you win, you will always get two entries. In the case of a tie, the Rooted team will vote to break it. As for the voting, it can be done either here on the blog, on Facebook or via Twitter. Voters can vote once per method per week. After four week-long contests, we’ll tally up the entries and put them into a hat. Whoever we pick wins the prize!

Speaking of the prize, let’s talk about what you can win in this contest. This time, we’re giving away a Gorillapod SLR-Zoom tripod. What is that, you ask? Let us show you:

As you can see, the Gorillapod is an awesome tripod that can do a lot more than your typical set-up. Put it on a mountain, wrap it around a tree or anywhere else where your normal tripod won’t go. This little guy can hold more than six pounds of weight safely, so you won’t have to worry about anything happening to your camera. It’s a great tool to put in your photography toolbox.

So what are you waiting for? You only have two weeks left! Send us your photos at photo@rootedaustin.com for a chance to win.