"All feedback is good feedback." That's what I remind myself when I get results like those from the Tower Circuit in Serbia.
This circuit only had three categories: Open Color, Open Monochrome, and Nature. Nature's always been an Achilles' heel, but it didn't cost anything extra to enter, so what the heck. And there were five judgings, so that's 20 chances to get a photo accepted.
They say that Thomas Edison failed a thousand times before he got his light bulb to work. Well, I'm twenty tries closer to that mark. It's becoming clear that my nature photos aren't the kind of sit-in-a-blind-in-Africa-with-an-800mm-lens-while-a-lion-humps-a-lioness photos that they're looking for.* And that's OK. I had a few lucky successes early on that gave me a false sense of possibility. So going forward I'll still enter when there's no extra cost to it, but otherwise it just doesn't seem worth my entry fee.
(*True story: I typed this example without having looked at the photos that were actually accepted in this competition. But here's that exact photo. And also here. And here too, but with cheetahs. And for good measure, kingfishers, toads, and fruit flies. Wildlife photographers love their pictures of animals fucking. I have a few, too, but human animals don't meet their definition of "nature.")
I didn't do a whole lot better in the color category. Three acceptances--two of one photo, one of another--out of twenty. But, the one accepted twice was a figurative photo accepted for the first time. And monochrome was better, with eight acceptances out of twenty, a decent ratio, including another photo accepted for the first time, and one that received an Honorable Mention.
Deep Roots (Open Monochrome PIDM): Salon Honorable Mention
Misty Morning (Open Monochrome PIDM): Accepted x4
Morning Light (Open Color PIDC): Accepted x2
Classic (Open Monochrome PIDM): Accepted
Here's the full list of figurative images:
January
(1)
February (1)
March
(2)
April (2)
(1)
May (1)
(1)
June (1)
July
August
September
(1)
October (1)
November
December
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January
(4)
February (4)
March
(1)
April (1)
May
June
July
August
(1)
September (1)
October
November
December
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January
February
(3)
March (3)
(5)
April (5)
(7)
May (7)
(2)
June (2)
(8)
July (8)
(1)
August (1)
(3)
September (3)
(2)
October (2)
(4)
November (4)
(5)
December (5)
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(7)
January (7)
(10)
February (10)
(6)
March (6)
(4)
April (4)
(3)
May (3)
(2)
June (2)
(7)
July (7)
(20)
August (20)
(16)
September (16)
(9)
October (9)
(12)
November (12)
(11)
December (11)
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(17)
January (17)
(15)
February (15)
(8)
March (8)
(10)
April (10)
(9)
May (9)
(4)
June (4)
(7)
July (7)
(10)
August (10)
(3)
September (3)
October
November
December
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