'Summer in the City' wins Week 4 of Patch of Michigan Photo Contest

Sunsets, beaches and campfires all say summer in Michigan but there is plenty to enjoy and admire in our cities, too.

Marsha Perzanowski and her husband were enjoying a recent summer day in Detroit when she took a photograph of the city's skyline that captured the prize for of our .

"About two weeks ago on a Monday morning my husband and I took our bikes to Belle Isle and had a picnic at that spot on the island," said Perzanowski of Shelby Township. "... decided it would be a beautiful summer photo showing summer in the city with the Detroit skyline!"

"Summer in the City" was selected out of 200 wonderful photos submitted for the week of Aug. 14-20. It wins a $35 gift certificate for the  in White Lake. 

You, too, can share your visions of Michigan in photos in our Your Patch of Michigan photo contest. Every week through Sept. 17 we'll have a new photo gallery and a new winner chosen by a panel of Michigan Patch editors. Each weekly winner will get a prize. 

After Sept. 17, we'll pick a grand prize winner from all of the weekly winners. The grand prize winner will receive a certificate for a two-night stay at Mission Point Resort on Mackinac Island (to be used before Oct. 31, 2012, and blackout dates and other restrictions may apply). The approximate retail value of the Grand Prize is $500.

Do you need to be Ansel Adams to win this? No. The single qualification for photos you send is that they say "Michigan" to you. 

How to enter Patch of Michigan contest

First, become a registered Patch user if you aren't already; just sign up at the top right corner of the homepage. Then add your photo(s) to the gallery for the week of Aug. 28-Sept. 3.

Be sure to include your real, full name and the place where the photo was taken, as well as any other relevant information about what the photo shows. The email address you use to register must be a working one so we can reach you should we have questions — or should you be selected as a winner.

All photos must be posted each Saturday by midnight to be judged for that week. The contest is open to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are 18 and older. And this wouldn't be a contest without a complete list of official contest rules; you can read them . Please, no more than three (3) entries per person per week. The winner will be selected each Monday and must respond to notification within 48 hours.

If you aren't quite sure how to upload a photos, check out our  to uploading photos to Patch. If you still have trouble or have questions, email Associate Regional Editor Beth Valone at beth.valone@patch.com.