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I need your help! “Down the Tracks” is a finalist for Bing.com!

Down the Tracks

So just for kicks, I decided to submit my photo “Down the Tracks” to the Bing.com (picture on the left) facebook contest to see what will be featured on Bing.com (yes, the background of the search area).

Well, to my surprise, I got an email from Microsoft today saying that my picture is one of the finalists! I’m all kinds of excited to be able to get a photo from Mount Clemens shown to  worldwide audience.

But I need your help! If you’re on Facebook then you can vote for my picture. Just click here to become a fan on Bing and it will let you vote in the contest.

To show my appreciation for helping me out and being such great supporters I’ll be giving away a couple s 8 x 10 prints of this shot  (which I usually sell for $25). Just leave a comment at the bottom of this post (either at http://www.cruzweb.net/2009/12/15/i-need-your-help-down-the-tracks-is-a-finalist-for-bing-com or on the Facebook note) and I’ll draw a couple random names (yes, they will be random) and if you win I’ll send you an email or Facebook message asking for your information.

So pretty please; vote and pass this along to your friends and help me win the Home Sweet Homepage Photo Contest.

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I’m not turning this into a photoblog. So..

Lately, I’ve taken up a strong interest in photography as of late. In doing so I’ve decided to upgrade from my little Samsung NV15 P&S to a Nikon D5000 DSLR so I can get more serious about what I’m doing. I had some great encouragement with my Old Main at Wayne State picture with the University featuring it on their site and twitter feed, and my Down the Tracks shot was a Daily Deviant on DeviantArt last month.

I’ve been quite humbled by the encouragement that people have given me, and it has pushed me to keep pushing myself. I have a lot to learn, but am having a blast doing it.

With that in mind, I’ve found myself in more of a “take pictures” kind of creative mood instead of a “write stuff down” creative mood. So, I realized that before too long I’d end up turning this into a photoblog, which I don’t want to do. So I’m going to launch one sometime in the coming weeks at the start of the new year. The site is currently being developed and it will be a more complete actual place to showcase pictures and allow for comments instead of this place, which really is better for writing than pictures. I’ll have a fully integrated store to order prints, better than the one I’m currently using, and will look great.

More info later. And thanks for your support everyone

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Down the Tracks [HDR]

So with the weather surprisingly pleasant and the sun setting, I opted to head out with a camera and see what I could find. Here’s what happens with a camera on railroad tracks as the sun is setting.

Down the Tracks