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Editor's Picks for the Wired.com Self-Portrait Contest

These diamonds in the rough got lost in the shuffle of our self-portrait contest, so we're bringing them back from the dead for your enjoyment.
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Photographer's comment:"I was very dizzy after this shoot."
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"Hi there ..."

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"Typical morning."

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"Photo taken at the Malecon in Havana, Cuba. Camera was on a small tripod, and exposure time was 8 seconds; that's why you can sort of 'see through' me. I adjusted the levels (brightness, contrast and saturation) on Photoshop, but didn't do anything else to it."

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"Processed using a bleach bypass effect."

quotSearching around an abandoned hunting lodge I found the tool shed the lighting was just right to try this effect.quot

"Searching around an abandoned hunting lodge I found the tool shed; the lighting was just right to try this effect."

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"The sunshine was so pretty I had to take it.... Border in Photoshop, small levels adjustment but the rest natural."

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my Flickr page."

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Me going on an secret undercover mission."

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"Self-portrait of me on an installation art piece at PS1, Brooklyn, New York. Green as it is. No retouch, no anything."