they see what you saw when you captured it. happiness washed over me.
the final score was 97, a gold with distinction! this is an award that very few professional photographers manage to achieve in their lifetime, let alone just at the beginning of their career. not only that, it was the highest scoring print overall in the travel category for 2014!
but very quickly after my high, my last print popped up. it took the judges about 1 minute to score it and move onto the next print. it received a 78, just below silver award. oh well. that’s the reality of these awards. i loved that image too but on 