Today we set off on our #PassportExpress (for more, read on here) train adventure with Amtrak across the country, from Washington, DC, to San Francisco! In the lead up to our time on the rails, we asked you to share your favorite horizons, perspective shots, and vanishing points for our #PPLeadingLines Instagram challenge.

Thanks to all who participated with a special thanks to guest judges (and leading-line aficionados) @kyle_yu and @throughthetinylens who reviewed your entries.

Congratulations to our challenge honorable mentions (moving left to right, starting top-left): @larrymarbles, @emilysjun, @dccitygirl, @kingymak, @amandakspoh, @arif__nurhakim, @ieevans, @nandabear27, and @wanderlusting_one!

Congratulations to our challenge potential winner @asharris who will receive a 16×16 inch canvas print and whose photo and write-up are below:

Frankly the most awe-inspiring edifice (or more accurately, mountain) I’ve ever seen, Fushimi Inari is a shrine dedicated to the patron of commerce, with thousands of individual red gates, each donated by a different Japanese business. The gates wind their way up, culminating at a beautiful shrine on the peak — alone worth a trip to Kyoto!