Last year about this time I won my first prizes for some of my work beyond “honorable mention:” three third place finishes at the Dewitt County Shutterbug Contest.

This year I only got one ribbon, but it was BLUE!

I made this photo with Davaki on a cold December morning in 2017. It had received an honorable mention in another contest, but I’m pleased to say it took FIRST in the portraits / people category. It remains one of my favorites and I’m glad someone else liked it too : P

You can see all the winners here…BUT be warned the best in show was of cheetah cubs carrying a kill. It’s not a shocking image per se, but it’s the first picture to come up and it’s larger on the left banner of the page. Just don’t want you caught off-guard like I was, and I’d seen the image before.