quasigeostrophy | no ribbons this year :-( (Reply)

computerchix and I went to the state fair this morning. Did our usual "tour" (checking out the various animals, eating the various junk foods, etc.). This time we started with the photography exhibits, since I had 4 entries this year (finally felt confident enough and got motivated enough to submit some prints, one of which is the 11x14 of the pic from Yellowstone used on this post). I really wasn't expecting to win anything, but it's still a bummer when that is confirmed. Only 2 of my 4 entries were put out on display, but at least they were the 2 I thought were the best of my 4. It was nice to see at least those out on public display (an irritation about that: On one of them, they placed the wrong name tag below and hand scratched it out to write my name in. How much effort would it have taken to reprint a simple name tag?)

I know things like this are always totally subjective, and I'm a newbie. I don't know if there is anything political about it, I don't know who the (only) 3 judges are (although one is from a different state - explain that for a state fair), and, due to our vacation schedule, I won't be in town to attend the critique. I've got other candidates, and I'm sure I'll take plenty of good shots before next summer, so here's to looking forward to next year's fair. I'll stop being grumpy now...