Three more PSA results to report, one of them OK, the other two, frankly, abysmal.

Visual Arts Circuit (India, May 17, 2023)

• "Beach refuge" (Open Monochrome PIDM), Astrid Kallsen, Discovery Park, March 2023: Accepted in 4 of 5 judgings
• "The Creation take 2" (Open Color PIDC), Katlyn Lacoste, Gobbler's Knob Lookout, September 2021: Accepted in 3 judgings
• "Twice the beauty" (Open Color PIDC), Invy Rose, Mazama Ridge, August 2022: Accepted in 2 judgings
• "Astrid on the Sound" (Open Color PIDM), Astrid Kallsen, Discovery Park, March 2023: Accepted in 1 judging
• "Primal" (Open Monochrome PIDM), Dominique Zuniga, Valley of Fire, March 2016: Accepted in 1 judging

Beach refuge (Open Monochrome PIDM) (Accepted x4) The Creation, take 2 (Open Color PIDC) (Accepted x3) Twice the beauty (Open Color PIDC) (Accepted x2) Astrid on the Sound (Open Color PIDC) (Accepted) Primal (Open Monochrome PIDM) (Accepted)

Vojvodina Circuit (Serbia, June 1, 2023)

• "As above, so below" (Open Color PIDC), Lior Allay, Gas Works Park, March 2019: Salon Honorable Mention; accepted at Novi Sad and Aleksinac
• "Gamekeeper" (Portrait PIDC), Kit Ashton, Royal Flash Studio, Seattle, April 2023: Accepted at Novi Sad
• "Rapture" (Open Monochrome PIDM), Astrid Kallsen, Discovery Park, March 2023: Accepted at Kula
• "Campsite 1 on Snow Lake" (Woman Man Child PIDC), Petals and Pomegranates, Snow Lake, Mount Rainier National Park, October 2020: Accepted at Aleksinac
• "A space full of light" (Open Monochrome PIDM), Stella Luceat, Seattle, January 2019: Accepted at Aleksinac

As above, so below (Open Color PIDC) (Honorable Mention, Accepted) Campsite 1 on Snow Lake (Woman Man Child PIDC) (Accepted) Gamekeeper (Portrait PIDC) (Accepted) A space full of light (Open Monochrome PIDM) (Accepted) Rapture (Open Monochrome PIDM) (Accepted)

Indian Super Circuit (India, June 12, 2023)

• "Morning tea" (Open Monochrome PIDM), HaileyJ, Seattle, April 2017: Accepted in 1 of 3 judgings

Morning tea (Open Monochrome PIDM) (Accepted)

So, the Visual Arts Circuit results are OK: 3 categories, 4 photos each, 5 judgings, 14 total acceptances out of 60. That's less than 25%, not great. But Vojvodina is worse: 4 categories, 4 photos each, 3 judgings, 6 acceptances out of 48. 12.5%. Terrible. And the Indian Super Circuit is even worse: 4 categories, 4 photos each, 3 judgings, only 5 acceptances out of 48. And three of those five were the same photo in the travel category, an image of the Golden Gate Bridge that surprisingly was accepted in all three judgings. So in figurative categories the result is more like 1 out of 24. Ouch.

I've noticed a trend lately that my photos aren't being accepted as often. I think that the reason for this may be that when I started applying to PSA salons I was submitting the best photos I'd made across more than a decade. I've submitted a lot of those photos multiple times and it doesn't really help me a whole lot to keep submitting them, so now I'm reaching deeper into my inventory. That's bound to lead to fewer acceptances and more misses.

And, unless I completely change my process, something I'll need to get used to. And try to make up for by making new high quality top tier photos!