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Contest Time

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Contest Time

Postby WanderingBlues » September 10th, 2011, 11:47 am

So, here's the deal.... Post a photo that best represents the beauty of flyfishing as you see it. It could be a fish, a landscape, a shot of your child's 1st fish. Whatever you feel captures the essence of the sport. If you want to add a small narrative, that's fine too!

The only rules are 1-You can only enter one shot, 2-It has to be either a picture you took, or you have to be a subject in it.

So, what's up for grabs? I'm offering a color rolled woodcut print titled "In the Net" to the winner. The print is a 5X7, carved from Shina plywood and inked using Akua soy based intaglio printing ink. It's printed on 120# Stonehenge watercolor paper, matted to 2X archival gallery mat and will fit into any 11x14 frame.

The contest will end on Oct. 1st at 9:00pm PST with a winner announced on Oct. 2nd by 5:00pm PST. I'll cover shipping and handling. The judge will be my very artistic wife. I'll leave her alone to enjoy the photo's and anxiously await her selection.

Here's a couple of shots of the print. Good luck!

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Re: Contest Time

Postby anacrime » September 10th, 2011, 12:23 pm

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Re: Contest Time

Postby Benny » September 10th, 2011, 1:33 pm

Excellently captured Shane! Great first submission for this contest.
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Re: Contest Time

Postby planettrout » September 10th, 2011, 2:00 pm

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$3.00 Bridge, Madison River, MT...6AM


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Re: Contest Time

Postby stlhdr » September 10th, 2011, 2:27 pm

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...don't post much, but took this 3 weeks ago in Mt...unnamed lake at 8,200 ft...4 hrs to walk in carrying tube and gear. -Mike
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Re: Contest Time

Postby WanderingBlues » September 10th, 2011, 2:30 pm

stlhdr wrote:
...don't post much, but took this 3 weeks ago in Mt...unnamed lake at 8,200 ft...4 hrs to walk in carrying tube and gear. -Mike


Mike, stop holding out on the posts! The photo's excellent!
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Re: Contest Time

Postby flyster » September 10th, 2011, 3:31 pm

My grandson stripping in line at the age of 8 with his lil' stripping basket at LBC sunset. Queen Mary in the upper left background.
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Re: Contest Time

Postby Benny » September 10th, 2011, 3:43 pm

Tiny sliver of Heaven on Earth
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Re: Contest Time

Postby RichardCullip » September 10th, 2011, 5:27 pm

What great pictures! The competition is tough around here

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Re: Contest Time

Postby JGFLYFISH » September 10th, 2011, 7:33 pm

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Re: Contest Time

Postby Autodave » September 10th, 2011, 7:44 pm

BENNY!...That one is amazing!
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Re: Contest Time

Postby WanderingBlues » September 10th, 2011, 7:47 pm

I'm just glad I'm running it and not having to compete! There's some real fine photography going on. Keep 'em coming!
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Re: Contest Time

Postby Artin » September 10th, 2011, 8:07 pm

Nice pictures, I'll go through mine and see if I can compete with these....

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Re: Contest Time

Postby ldr » September 10th, 2011, 8:57 pm

Fly Addict, Mark getting out of his wading socks. Getting old is a wonderful thing.

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Re: Contest Time

Postby ldr » September 10th, 2011, 9:10 pm

Mark, Cathy says the pic is "mean." If that's the perception, I apologize. I was going for funny.
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