I Won!!!!!

” I Won !!!!

In the town I reside in the art community announced a photo contest.

The theme was to take photographs of our city, that best expressed the city. With camera in hand, I set out to get as many photographs of this beautiful city as I could. There were many catagories to submit to, and I found myself going through the photographs of different seasons of the year that I had on file, as well as the ones I had just taken.

Sifting through the countless photographs took time and patience. I felt as if I had way too many nice photographs to be able to pick just one out of all of them. After a few times of returning to my photographs I was able to pick just that one photograph for each catagory.

I came up with these pics.

The hunt was relentless. I did win  for this one:

The photo was of my grand-daughter coming down a water shoot, on a tube. She was screaming, and I was at the end of the tube poised and ready to shoot. I got her just as she was about to shoot from the tube. If I had not moved she would have hit me sending me flying into the water.

Now, that would have been a photo for sure. But, as I said I won, and it was not the chance at the cash prize that made happy it was the fact that I just won. To be recognized for a talent is so rewarding.

Thank you to all that voted. By the way I won second prize for People and Culture.

So, never give up and try, and try again as I did, and you will have your time to shine.

bye bye