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Old Jan 24, 2008 | 12:55 PM
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Surprised!!

So about two months ago or so I submitted a photo into a free photo contest online.

Yesterday I received a notice in the mail that I was selected as a semi-finalist AND that they want to publish my picture!!!!! This is the first contest I have ever entered so I am pretty pumped about this. Here is the picture I submitted:


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Old Jan 24, 2008 | 12:56 PM
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Nice. Prize money?
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Old Jan 24, 2008 | 12:57 PM
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Yeah there is, I just can't remember what it is right now.
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Old Jan 24, 2008 | 12:58 PM
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Congrats!

Thats an awesome shot!
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Old Jan 24, 2008 | 01:00 PM
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thats a damn good picture
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Old Jan 24, 2008 | 02:30 PM
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Thanks!!
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Old Jan 24, 2008 | 03:29 PM
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Host it on CSS.net so we can all see
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Old Jan 24, 2008 | 03:31 PM
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Congrats, cool pic!
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Old Jan 24, 2008 | 03:37 PM
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Very cool congrats man!

What kind of settings do you use to capture the water like that?
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Old Jan 24, 2008 | 03:45 PM
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I just use a longer exposure. Probably somewhere around 1/5 or 1/10. I can not remember exactly what the exposure was that I used, but you need a tripod for sure because any movement will make everything blurry.
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Old Jan 24, 2008 | 09:34 PM
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congrats, thats an awesome picture..... just make sure the contest is legit. I've done picture and poetry contests where they say you're a finalist and then make you spend all this money for the books or whatever in order to get your piece in it.
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Old Jan 24, 2008 | 11:56 PM
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athabasca falls, jasper? lol
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Old Jan 24, 2008 | 11:57 PM
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Yup! You got it!
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Old Jan 24, 2008 | 11:59 PM
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congrats, where will it be published?
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Old Jan 25, 2008 | 12:01 AM
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congrats, thats an awesome picture..... just make sure the contest is legit. I've done picture and poetry contests where they say you're a finalist and then make you spend all this money for the books or whatever in order to get your piece in it.
In the letter it said that I am under no obligation to spend money to get the picture published, and if I wanted to wait the book will be out in major national book stores (ie Coles, Chapters) in the spring so I can buy it there if I wanted to or buy it in advance for a discounted price before hand. And they also said if I do not like the book, I can return it for a 100% refund.

I think I am going to wait and find the book at the book store before I buy it and see what it looks like.

Thanks for the headsup though!

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congrats, where will it be published?
Check out www.picture.com

That is the main website. I believe they are publishing it somewhere in the USA, just not too sure where exactly.

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Old Jan 25, 2008 | 12:03 AM
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i love that little mountain road there the old highway 93.... i think its 93... i drove way to fast. lol. congrats anyways!!
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Old Jan 25, 2008 | 12:08 AM
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Yeah it is a great road. Good drive with the SS S/C...can open it up in some places and in others there are lots of turns. Beautiful scenery for sure!
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Old Jan 25, 2008 | 12:08 AM
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Cool, I have a good friend who has a couple pics on that site, one was put in a book but didn't go as far as you have, his was just a pic of a bridge, lol. Congrats
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Old Jan 25, 2008 | 12:49 PM
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thats a nice picture. so simple yet really good shot.
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Old Jan 26, 2008 | 07:08 AM
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Thanks!
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Old Jan 26, 2008 | 11:29 AM
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Sweet pic indeed! Congrats!
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