Photographer: stillman (www.bluecricket.com)

"this shot was taken from the base of the arch in st. louis. the day i was there, the sky was clear and blue, and i took tons of photos - i just couldn't get over how many great angles there were. normally when i reduce an image to post it on the web, the last thing i do is use unsharp mask on it, just to heighten the contrast a bit, but i purposely didn't do that with this photo because i love the way the sky kind of melts into the arch in the center of the frame."