From the shores of South Africa to a basement in Lincoln, NE, you, our readers, found beautiful images wherever they lurked. Whether the subject was glamorous and exotic or simply a collection of household items, this year’s submissions impressed our editors enough that we had a very hard time picking our finalists.The 2012 edition of our Readers’ Contest just proves what we already knew: You can make great pictures.Sit back, relax and take a look through the very best images that you, our readers, had to offer in 2012:
