The August Guild Image Competition included a “Challenge” Competition.  The Challenge was a Black and White natural light photograph.  One day last week when I went to get the mail, I noticed cobwebs forming on the remnants of the roses by the mailbox.  So, I used those as my subject. I took a series of images, that were pretty good, but when I sent one to Pounds to have it printed, it came back and the focus was not sharp enough. I still had time. So, I took some more images and found one with really sharp focus.  I quickly sent it to Pounds.  That was last Friday.  They did not process it until Monday and shipped it for Tuesday.  The competition was Tuesday evening.  So, things were tight.  At about 5:45, it had not come yet.  So, I decided to go without it.  I got down to Franklin and New Road, and Debbie called that it had just been delivered.  So, I raced back home to get it.  The competition was supposed to start at 6:30.  So, I had a little time.  I drove down to Coach’s and got there in plenty of time.  They set up the prints, and all went well. That is, until the prints were revealed.  I was amazed at the extraordinary quality of the prints for this competition.  Let’s face it, the prints are always strong, but these images were beyond that.  Turns out, I didn’t place. But, I am not disappointed  The images that won were really better than mine.