Art Show Contest Results!

The winner is...

...image number three! Receiving the third place ribbon out of four ribbons.

The show was supposed to have three categories of skill: beginner, advanced, and professional. I entered the advanced category, but by the time of the show not enough photography had been submitted to warrant the categories. Everyone was lumped together and I ended up as the only non-professional earning a ribbon. :^)

Congratulations to Elizabeth and SelahV on correctly guessing the winner!

Art Show Contest

Today, I entered an art show at my local art center. Above is a picture of my three entries as they were and below are easier to view images. I ordered some large 16 x 24 prints from my supplier and matted them up to 22 x 28 frames. The prints were given a "metallic" finish that I was really pleased with. I was afraid that the special finish would be too much, but thankfully it adds rather than take away from the photos. It is almost unnoticeable, however, the shimmer from the metallic finish greater in the light areas compared to the dark areas which gives the photo an almost 3D effect. The metallic finish is available during checkout on all www.WholesomeWorksPhotography.com orders.

Anyway, I want to give you all the chance to make predictions on which, if any, of the photos will place where. While it is entirely possible that none will place, the photography category wasn't added until 5 days ago and tomorrow is the entry deadline. So, I don't expect a lot of competition. Place your votes in the comment box and I'll give the results next week!

1. Rest After a Journey

2. Glimpse of Glory

3. The Glitter Snow

The Bigger Snowflake Pictures

The cream of the crop of the Snowflake pictures are now up on the gallery and ready for viewing. Thanks for all the comments!

Snowflakes (in the winter subset)

P.S. Alex Johnson, I tried to go comment on your blog, but I can't get a form to load. Anyway, thanks for the comment and I like your site.

Snowflakes from Heaven

It's late, but I did it. My computer has shed about 2 gigabytes (for the non-technical, that's a lot!) of waste information and is running almost twice as fast as before! Yay!  =D

And now for a new emoticon I learned:
DANCE!
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:D|-(
:D\-(

^ This one can be clicked

for a much larger image

(look for the glitter-like snow)

Okay, moving on. I have processed two of the snowflake pictures, but it's taking longer than expected. So, I'm going to post the snowflakes in small copyrighted pics and follow-up sometime tomorrow with a full-size edition after I extract the great ones for the web gallery. The snowflakes aren't on the gallery yet, but they will be within the next few days.

And now our featured story:

It was 10am as I traveled toward home that Saturday morn.

On the way, I notice what looks like glitter...

falling from the sunny, blue, and nearly cloudless sky.

Stopping at the gas station I notice a few of these glitter pieces...

resting upon my coat.

It is then that I see the tiny most intricate object...

I have ever seen with my unaided eye.

^This pic and a couple others

resisted the embedded copyright.

...ahem... sorry for the interruption.

The final two miles home I was in wonder...

at what I could only describe as bits of heaven floating to earth.

I have since heard stories about these small flakes.

Stories of how they spontaneously formed in mid-air..

or were belched out by the refineries,...

but only I seemed to have seen the details

of God's engraved signature.

God bless ya'll.