I know the anticipation had been building out there for this particular post. Well, the wait is over! I can finally say the results of this year’s Photography Contest Circuit are now in. For those not familiar with the blog, this is a high stakes competition that puts a significant amount of stress around here at Life Intrigued. Come judging time, the tension gets so thick you could cut it with a matte cutter. That tension is a direct result of the consequences of “losing” the competition – not so much how our pictures do against the rest of the entries (although that is definitely nice), but rather how we do AGAINST each other. Generally there is not a lot of true competitions in the house because we tend to enjoy different activities which prevents such marriage destruction.. I mean healthy competition. However, when it comes to Photography, it’s a bloodthirsty endeavor drenched in treachery, deception. gamesmanship and a hell of a lot of sarcasm. Okay, okay, maybe it isn’t that hostile (except in the case of sarcasm), but losing does cause a lot of work until the next cycle of contests come around. Nothing is more demeaning that having to hold the umbrella for the “winning” photographer for a whole year. As a result, we bring our very best out to play.
The 2013 Photography Contest Circuit results are …. drum roll please .. Brian 3 and Linda 0 (streamers, confetti, fireworks maybe even a parade if I can convince the Mayor).
That’s right, this year I stepped up my game (Linda will probably argue rather that the printers caused her to step back) and all my hard work paid off. The best part of this is there is no room for any controversy and ANY discussion on scoring. Cut and dried – me big winna! Based on all the grief and CONSTANT explaining I had to do in the previous contests, I decided make sure I removed all possible doubt and naysayers (and you know who you are) and simply conform to their “supposed” scoring system. So, let’s wait no longer. Here are my results from the Knox County Fair:
Let’s see what we have here boys and girls. First off we have one of two black and white entries. I decided to put a little more work into my Allerton Park statue (originally aired at link here) and had it reprinted. Cut down the base a little and cropped it a little tighter – I personally really like how it looks like the statue bent to fit into the frame. Judges gave it a very respectable 3rd place. Moving to the right is one of the color animal entries. The workers at the HOI fair commented this was a kid favorite at their fair. Again, the judges felt Mr. Lizard (link here) was worthy of a 3rd place. Shifting down we have the other black and white entry which should be familiar to all the blog faithful. There was a lot of debate on which one of the wolf pictures to enter based on the results at the HOI fair and my choice of the other color animal I went with the wolf in the weeds shot (link here). Apparently a good choice since the judges bestowed a 1st place ribbon. Definitely warming up to this one and based on the fact the HOI fair picked a similar (and personal opinion inferior) B&W wolf shot for Honorable Mention (it was actually in a smaller print size category). Lastly, moving to the right… what is that first place ribbon doing nestled among the large and flamboyant purple ribbon? How nice of you to notice (hehehe) that would be the BEST IN SHOW ribbon that is given to the best picture among all the other category 1st place ribbons. Now this particular shot hasn’t been featured on the blog yet (didn’t want to reveal to Linda my ace in the hole before the competition – ummm.. actually not the case, I am just waaaaay behind on processing but pulled this one out from the Florida trip because I thought it had a pretty good chance. Luckily I was able to maintain my ownership of the bird category and the purple ribbon put an exclamation mark on it. Not a bad haul eh?
Hit the jump to see the rest of the results!
