Okay, I have to toot my own horn! I entered the Alaska Fly Fishers photo contest (yep, I'm a member). There were 4 catagories, "Just the Fish," "Spirit of Fly Fishing," "Wildlife and Nature," "Creative," plus a people's choice and a best of show.

I guess I did okay.

I won the "Creative" category with my "Psycho Beadheads." (This one missed the People's Choice by one second choice vote)
[IMG]http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...obeadheads.jpg[/IMG]


I won the "Spirit of Fly Fishing" with my "All in a Row."
[IMG]http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...gAllinaRow.jpg[/IMG]


I won the "Just the Fish" category with "Quality Control"
[IMG]http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...ityControl.jpg[/IMG]



I won the "Best of Show" with my "Old Man's Memories"!!!
[IMG]http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...nsMemories.jpg[/IMG]


It was kinda fun spankin' all those good ol' boys!

What lovely pictures you have taken!! :D You really captured the fishing theme. Thank you for sharing with all of us & Congratulations!!
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WTG Miss Treated! Bet those boys LOVED you spankin' them! LMAO! :lol:

I love the old man memories and congratulations on your winning not one but so many categories. You must be a photographer during your non quilting moments? I thought ah a quilt inspector gone fish inspector when the cat and fish came up.. poor cat has to work two jobs just to make ends meet.

Congratulations.

I can't say fly fishing is an interest of mine, but I sure can appreciate the quality of your photos. What kind of camera do you use for your pictures? SLR? Digital?

Thanks, all.
I have a Canon digital Rebel. One of the "older" ones.
I do have fun taking photos. Have to admit, the learning curve got a lot steeper once the digital entered my life. :-)

Love the quality control one! Beautiful photography!

I hardly dare ask, but in the first one, what are those fish hooks stuck into? :shock:

I'd like to know what you think they're stuck into. It's only cork... :)

I thought it was a mouldy, severed arm! :mrgreen:

LOL

Even now I KNOW it's cork...

BTW the last one is really beautiful! I keep going back to look at it - gets the arm image out of my head too! Hope you don't take offence, none meant! :-D

Oh my gosh--you're fabulous!! Congrats on all those wins!! And she quilts too!! You make us proud. :D :D :D

Love the pictures!!! They are ALL stunning :D:D:D
You and k3n have me cracking up!!! I thought they were stuck in a piece of fish LMBO

LOL, you made me look and I have to agree, that is what it looks like.

Glad I'm not the only one! :lol:

NICE WORK!!!
You have a great compositional eye, and a great mastery of photo editing too!!!
lovely...

'Quality Control' brought back memories for me!

Excellent job on your photography. Keep up the good work! :thumbup:

Is the last one in a deer antler?
Great photos! I love them all.

what are those things with the cat in the picture....

Beautiful pics!! I love to tie flies...hubby loves using them! ;)

Wow those are awesome. Framers for sure.
I'm a fisherwoman too. I fish for Large Mouth Bass. Probably
don't see to many of those in Alaska. They are warm water fishies. Though not easy to pick a favorite I really like the picture with the fishing poles. You are an awesome photographer. Congrats on the winnings. :thumbup:

Yes, it is. It's a Sitka blacktail my husband shot on Kodiak Island. A rather nice one.

In the cat picture, the things hanging are salmon fillets which have been in the smoker and were drying. I took that on a friend's houseboat in Halibut Cove. He gave me a case of the salmon to bring home, and I have to tell you, it is some of the best canned smoked salmon I have ever had.

Great pictures, congradulations

The Alaska Fly Fishers website was finally updated. If you want to look at the other winners, here's the link.

http://www.akflyfishers.net/files/ph...0Winners&num=0

Woohoo Miss Treated! You go girl. Beautiful pics. Congrats.

Yeah, it was pretty fun to kick some "good-ol'-boy" azz!