Editor's Picks for the Wired.com Black-and-White Photo Contest

: Though Wired.com readers selected 10 excellent photos in our black-and-white photo contest , we here at the Photo Department like to fight for the underdog. Here are our 10 favorite submissions that we think deserved more attention. Our next twice-monthly photo contest is water. Show us your best homage to life's elixir. Check out the contest page for more information. Left: The Chosen One Submitted by Julio Rojas Photographer's comment: "Two boys walking down the nave of the Santiago de Compostela cathedral." : Fish! Submitted by dosyoyas Photographer's comment: "Dry fish in Macau." : Smoke Man Submitted by Vincos Photographer's comment: "A man that seems made of his own smoke." : Spiral Staircase at the Vatican Museum Submitted by Top Lertpanyavit Photographer's comment: "Took this in the late afternoon as people slowly streamed out of the museum. Long exposure to add motion." : Eye Patch Submitted by Thorsten Wulff Photographer's comment: "NYC, 1987" : Commute/co-mute Submitted by Jesper Sidhu Photographer's comment: "Early mornings and the commute to work, we are all going in the same direction, to do the same thing. Nothing is ever spoken, yet there is a mute and mutual connection. Leica M2 Canon: 50mm, 1.8 Ilford, XP2 Walz yellow filter. : Vote for Pedro Submitted by Kerrigan Swan-Garcia Photographer's comment: "Meet Pedro: my niece's Chihuahua.“ : Checkerboard Lady Submitted by Alberto Aleman Photographer's comment: "Shot on a rainy afternoon, outside the Terracotta Soldiers' Tomb, in Xi'an, China. 1/100s, focal length: 34.0mm, f/11.0, ISO: 800." : Building Blocks Submitted by Brian Sharland Photographer's comment: "A photo I made of the Rockefeller Center in New York. Post-processing included black-and-white conversion and heavy contrast." : Luc(as) de Groot Submitted by Thorsten Wulff Photographer's comment: "Type designer Luc(as) de Groot in Berlin, Germany. He loves kerning."