The North Florida Fair is in town and I entered a few photos in the art contest. Oddly enough, I won first place in the Professional Color Portrait division. Yay for the little blue haired girl who came out on a 30 degree night and let me take a few shots in an alley in downtown Cleveland, OH. I only go home to Cleveland in November, and those outdoor shoots can be awfully darn cold! Brrrrrrr
Yes, I know, that looks kind of crappy, so here is the rough edit of the image. It was edited with an Adobe profile and I forgot to save one with an sRGB profile for web usage. Ergo, the skin tone is a bit orange-ish.
I also won 2nd place in the Professional Black & White Nature/Animal division. This is a shot of Kami, who I worked with at the Barkstravaganza event.
In the Still Life division, I entered a b&w print of a statue that I shot in Cleveland last year. It's a statue of the Archangel Gabriel stabbing a serpent in the mouth with a sword. I ended up with 3rd place in that print.
And in the Professional Color Still Life division I got honorable mention for a print that I shot two years ago with my old point & shoot camera. I really liked this shot, but it was only worthy of honorable friggin mention 
. Oh well, I still had pretty good success. At least I got a blue and a red ribbon!!
After checking out the art show, I wandered around a bit and took a few shots. Tomorrow is the last night, and its supposed to be warm, so I'll go back and spend some time with the ol' camera.
i love the shot with the blue haired girl.. it really pops.
i am excited to see the Archangel Gabriel statue with my own two eyes....
cant wait....
yeah that fire slipped my mind. funny thing is i was there visiting that college next door the day before it happened.
well maybe the weather will be on our side. so fare the weather has been un seasonable warm lately.