These are the pictures I entered in the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest and the person that selected the picture: Derrick Gorshe Jen Gorshe Russell Kennerly Dawn Krause Scottie D. Rebecca Peterson Thanks to everybody who took their time and energy to select pictures for me this year! The picture that… Read More »Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest
Now that the State Fair has ran its inevitable course, I can reveal what pictures I entered in the State Fair Photography Salon. Drenched in Loneliness (Honorable Mention Iowa Places) I Recommend Pleasant Must Be Truth The Girl in the Blue Skirt (2nd Place Black & White Flower) I guess… Read More »State Fair Results
This is not meant to be a “tooting my own horn” thing. That is not something I do. In fact, I don’t even own me a horn. This is just a statement of facts for interested parties. Both of you. You know who you are. Several weeks back I selected… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #79
This picture is from backup/Old My Pictures/County Fair 2004 Apparently I must have entered this picture of Karma in the Boone County Fair. This must have been the year before the “Moldy Jam Incident”. Next week’s folder is: backup/Old My Pictures/County Farm
Ain’t Distributed Right Nader made this selection over Mongolian one night before we saw The Expendables. This picture had my favorite judge’s comment on it. “Nice try.” Hilarious! Nader also consider this picture over a bowl of noodles. 5 of 6 selectors have been selected for next year’s Pufferbilly Days… Read More »Nader Parsaei
Willy picked his picture over a hunk of salmon at The Colorado Grill during FNSC. Trouble Willy also thoughtfully considered this photo of Derrick. The reason I enter photo contests is that enjoy watching other people look at my pictures. I know that is slightly voyeuristic, but I can deal… Read More »William McAlpine
Jay had a million questions about the process before he picked (which was a little strange since he had picked in the past), but once he was on the clock he said it was a tough decision because there were “so many good pictures”. But he arrived at his decision… Read More »Jay Janson
I think Jason Baier was one of the quickest to choose. He was very assertive when he chose the picture below: Open Mic Night I manipulated this picture with Photoshop quite a bit more than I normally manipulate pictures, but I’m at peace with it.
Never the Same River Andree also considered these other two pictures: Andree followed his “I pick so and so” paragraph with a lengthy dissertation on MegaShark vs. Giant Octopus. Can you guess why we are friends?
I think most of you know that I have strange ways of picking pictures for photo contests. I think the most interesting way is how I “pick” the pictures for the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. In fact, I don’t pick the pictures at all. I have 6 individuals each pick… Read More »Jesse Howard
Becky made the final selection. Misplaced Plant Becky also had other pictures that she liked. They are below with the reason she liked them. “Fire Pit – Everyone can relate to this photo.” “Fireworks Fallout – This photo is original” “Color Daisies – This photo feels hopeful.” “Story St Fire… Read More »Becky Perkovich
My mom doesn’t own a computer or even know how to use one, so I had to bring her over to the Honest Abe office to have her look over the pictures for her to pick one. “Pardon and Sanctify Me” I actually thought that she would pick this one.… Read More »Charlotte Bennett (Mom)
I was pleasantly surprised by Jill’s choice. Since I had decided to have all people of the female persuasion pick the photos this year, I thought a frog picture would get very little love. But Jill came through for the frog. “It’ll Do Fine” I actually struggled with the naming… Read More »Jill Gorshe
Shannon set the land speed record, by making her choice in 80 minutes. She made that speed while being at work. She chose the picture below: “Friend for the Lonesome” This picture may or may not be the background on Shannon’s computer.
Monica had the next choice. She struggled between 2 pictures as well. She finally picked the picture below, even though it wasn’t her favorite. “The Solace of Ordinary Humanity” A picture that I have titled: “Monica’s Childhood” was actually her favorite. “Monica’s Childhood” Monica wrote perhaps my favorite ever description… Read More »Monica Henning
This past weekend was the Pufferbilly Days photo contest. I had 6 different people pick the 6 different entries this year. The first person to pick was Sara Junck. She picked the picture below: “Cozy Combination” Sara actually took slightly over the 24 hour deadline. She waffled back and forth… Read More »Sara Junck
This is not meant to be in any way shape or form meant to be bragging. It is merely meant to be informative, since not everybody makes it to the Boone County Fair. I wanted to enter a couple of pictures in the Boone County Fair “photography contest”. As it… Read More »Boone County Fair
I’ve been a bit busy in the last few days and I’ve been negligent. So I apologize. It was Willy’s birthday on the day before Thanksgiving. We took Willy out on Sunday night for dinner and then to lunch on Wednesday for his birthday. I think I won a Photo… Read More »Happy Birthday Willy
This year I took a different route selecting pictures for the Photo Contest. I put together 20 pictures and then had certain people select and name 1 picture from that list. I then entered those pictures. I liked the way this process worked out. I will do it again in… Read More »Selected Pictures
The final four pictures that were not selected all come from Independence Day. Todd lighting fireworks. Shannon watching. Fireworks from below. Fireworks from below. Shannon observing the fireworks. That concludes the presentation of the 14 pictures that didn’t make it to the photo contest.
More pictures that weren’t selected. This is a picture of June and Dean’s barn. This is a picture of the Basilica in Dyersville. This picture was actually originally selected for entry, but I decided that I didn’t really like the way it looked when it was printed, so it was… Read More »Bereft