Don't have time for much....but, "The Barn" (see below) received and Honorable Mention at the New York State Fair Photography competition (Prof Division, color)....
I'm so thrilled!!!
Okay - off to the 9-5 ~~ have a good day !!

So, I took my entry for this year's New York State Fair in yesterday and dropped it off for the judging that is to take place this next week.  After last year, with 5 - "Too Common of a Subject" and 1 - "Technical Errors", I was going to wait a few years and let my photography simmer and see if it was possible to improve my technical abilities and tweak my subjective eye.
LQTM....yeah, right.
So, this year I entered 2 - bw, 2 - color and 2 - non-traditional.
I know, or should I say, that I'm pretty sure that one of the bw images is going to be tossed immediately as it contains a copyrighted image within it, and (if I'd read the fine print would have realized this) so cannot be entered at the State competition.  Oh well, live and learn the hard way!  Long Live the PEEPS!!
Here's what I took in...

So ~ there you have it.  My life in the "fast lane".  OH - and it was kind of funny...one of the intake people asked me if I knew who was judging...."No"...told me a name, which I now cannot remember...."Oh, cool."....he then laughed and commented that I had no idea, did I....."No"....apparently someone from Syr University.....who knew?  Not me!! 

EF 50mm f/1.8 lens on tripod
manual exp 50mm f/22.0 @30sec
small penlight flashlight

April 11, 2011  Monday's paper featured this photo of mine on the cover...that's irony eh, my first "published pc" is a turkey.

Thursday,
June 9, 2011

Second cover shot accepted by the Palladium-Times in Oswego, NY

taken at about 9pm when leaving work.

Little prouder of this one Ü

Blessing or Curse??  Why can't I walk into a room without thinking to myself......"That!  Would make a cool shot..."  at which point I run and grab the camera (like it's ever very far away).  I should BE at work right now.....where am I?  Playing with a photo because the light coming in the window playing off of Mr Wickham was just too nice to ignore.  *sigh*  What's a girl to do???

Ok...we all know I like the snow....but even I'm wondering what it would be like to have the sun back....even for a day!!  Birds were busy this morning at the feeder outside our kitchen window...had to try to get a couple shots...there are more but I really need to get back to the barn to finish chores...have a good day~!