Congratulations to Peter Gaunt for winning this week’s photo contest! The majority of you all liked his photo of the contrast between a drab wall and a bright plant. Thanks for voting this week, and be sure to read on to find out more about how you can win cool photography swag from Rooted!

Pete is going to let the photo speak for itself this week. He does, however, want you all to know that he’s excited for more competition in the Around Austin Photo Contest. We already have one entry for next week, why not be the next by sending your picture from around Austin to photo@rootedaustin.com?

Here’s the deal:

Rooted wants to start giving away cool stuff. We want you to get photo-related swag by showing off your photography skills. If you’re not the materialistic type, then it can be a way to show your mom you got published or to claim bragging rights with your photog friends. Either way, we want you to submit your work to the Around Austin Photo Contest. We’ve been doing the contest for a little while now, and we’re ready to take the next step. So far, we average a few entries from non-Rooted photogs every month. We’ve been bested once (by an awesome shot from Reagan Hackleman) and we’re not afraid for it to happen again.

The rules are simple. Submit your photo from around Austin, get the most votes and you win — and the next week we’ll start a month-long photography contest with an awesome prize for the winner. We would just start giving stuff away right now (we’re generous like that) but we want to make sure we’ve got some healthy competition first. Oh, and we almost forgot to mention that the next photographer to best us and start the competition will also win a big advantage. The first prize will allow you to take photographs from vantage points you never thought possible before.

So what are you waiting for? Send us your photos at photo@rootedaustin.com.