Honorable Mention

We shall never know in particular order if I was forth,fifth or sixth place. I do know that Herb Ellis was again first place. A new photographer, with western scenery, was second, Vickie Duncan, with her hot air balloon shot from, out west, was third. Last year I took third with the Circle church shot.
Herb's winning shot was of a gnarl in a tree, a color photograph, something he doesn't often do.
My selection was changed and I debated until the last day what to enter. On hindsight, perhaps the Alligator was cliche and the tears of gray, the soldier in the cemetery, not understood, or not, pretty.
I gathered from the winning shots that the judges were going for the cliche type shots, typical if you will.
I would have liked to have been present listening to their determinations.
Herb Ellis puts his name on his entries, a spoiler in my opinion.
So tonight I am again, in that, what of this thing photography? mood. Still I shall shoot, but I inwardly ponder and wonder, why? For what purpose?
Well, on a better note, Shaun wants to purchase the two bike block set at the library. I will go down tomorrow afternoon and get it, perhaps taking other block prints and taking them to the Gallery.