Though there are a lot of great photos in the pool today, this image taken at Haines Point of The Awakening by Brandon Jones seemed like the perfect shot to start off the new year. EXIF.

Did you resolve to enter the DCist Exposed Photography Show this year? You only have 11 more days to submit your application and put your entries in the pool.

And since it is the beginning of a new year and all, we thought we’d take just a second to thank everyone who contributes the photos we use for our posts every day and offer a few reminders about how best to use our Flickr pool to get your work on DCist. Follow me after the jump.