Well, the picture is still hanging in there at Number 2 for the month. It has some amazing pictures to compete with. What an exciting month. Just knowing I will end up in final 5 for the month is such an honor. I will, at least, get the picture printed on canvas and hang in my living room.
On Wednesday I submitted this photo to Your-shot on National Geographic. On Friday, I went to the National Geographic web site and low and behold, there was my picture among the Daily Dozen. I was so excited. (Can we use the word verklempt here?) . Then I thought, oh, it's only a selection by National Geographic that it is good enough to put on for the day. Thus my response, well, for today, and probably only for today, one of my photos is being seen by a lot of people. That's pretty amazing, but I don't expect it to go any further.
The photos are rated by the viewers. Two of the months top photos are then put into the National Geographic magazine. Well, I looked at the ratings for the week (week 2) and I'm coming in a good second for the week (out of 60 photos). I looked at week 1 and none of the photos rating exceeded mine, so now I am up to second for 120 photos. There are between 3000 and 4000 entries in the two week time period, so I'm actually doing better than I thought.
I'm not expecting any more out of this photo. I did gain a lot of confidence and hope to submit a lot more photos in various contests. My photographer friend David won a trip for 2 on Alaskan Airlines when he won a prize for Alaskan Airlines magazine. There are so many options. It brings up a whole new side to photography.
Anyway, it is a passion of mine now. I think that perhaps it is hopeless that what makes a great night is wine and photoshop. Sheesh, how boring for others.
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