August is drawing to a close, and so too is our month-long Touch Up D.C. feature, inspired by our friends over at Londonist. Flickr user Schodts uploaded this entry to Flickr and tagged it with "touchupdc", showing us a WMATA Metro Map to Nowhere with a wintry snowflake theme. Add your images to Flickr or email them to sommer (at) dcist.com before the end of the day tomorrow to still be considered. more ›

Flickr user Julianasur, aka web designer Juliana Diaz, uploaded this trashscape of the area around the National Mall as her entry to our August-long Touch Up D.C. feature. Is it a damning political statement, or a creepy apocalyptic vision of the future? Or both? Thanks for your entry Juliana, and remember that there's only about a week left to tag your touched up photos in Flickr with "touchupdc" or email them to sommer (at)... more ›

Flickr contributor easement whipped up a few choice entries for our August Touch Up D.C. feature, but this one won hands down as the favorite of our editorial staff. We're sure Apollo Creed is furious. Don't forget to flex those photo editing muscles before the end of the month, and send in your entries either by emailing them to sommer (at) dcist.com or tagging them with "touchupdc" on Flickr. more ›

Hopefully andertho doesn't mind reader Michael J. West using his recent Photo of the Day as the backdrop for his Touch Up D.C. entry, titled "Star Wars Tunnel.” Stabilize your rear deflectors, watch for enemy fighters and keep those touched up photos coming, either by tagging your Flickr photo with "touchupdc" or emailing them to sommer (at) dcist.com (looks like a lot of you who don't regularly use Flickr are having trouble, so yes, emailing them in is fine). more ›

Flickr user Doug Moore uploaded this photo for our Touch Up D.C. contest, titled "The Intern," that shows the hapless student making his way to the Capitol along a dark and dusty road -- that kid's going to need a real suit before he starts his internship, don't you think? more ›

The notion that Capitol Hill is its own little world becomes reality in Flickr user tim kelley's imagination, as he applies a popular planet-style photo editing job to the Capitol and its environs. Bored this weekend? Try out your photo editing skills in our ongoing Touch Up D.C. photo contest, throughout the month of August. Upload your entries to Flickr and tag it with "touchupdc." We'll be posting entries we love a few times... more ›

We've already received a few submissions to our August Touch Up D.C. photo editing extravaganza, so here's our very first selection, by Flickr user htlvhwy, titled "Tessie, the Tidal Basin Monster." The serene paddle boaters are a particularly nice touch to this mashup of Scottish folklore and American tourism. Well played, htlvhwy! more ›

If you've never visited our sister site Londonist and checked out their fantastic Photoshop-based feature, Touch Up London, you really should right this minute. Every week, Londonist editors ask their photo editing-skilled readers to take an iconic image of their city and "touch it up" into something funny, freakish, or just plain wonderful. There have been 55 selected Touch Up London images already, but this one, by Londonist reader Andy Fisher, is one of our favorites. Do click through and check out the rest of them. more ›