Thursday, July 3, 2008

What do you think of my ladybug picture?

The top picture on my blog is a picture I took of J a couple weeks ago. The girls had been playing in their little inflatable pool outside, and J was so excited to find a ladybug. She named her Sparkle. She asked me to take a picture of Sparkle. I was so focused on capturing the ladybug that I hadn't even paid attention to the rest of the picture. After I downloaded the picture, I was amazed at what a beautiful shot I had gotten of J with the ladybug. I've dabbled in photography a teeny tiny bit, but this to me was my one in a million shot that I couldn't have gotten even if I had tried. The lighting was perfect, my daughter's expression was perfect, the ladybug was perfect, even the water behind her was perfect. So I entered this photo in an online contest where the prize is $10,000. I was excited, thinking I really had something here. Well, turns out, I've done research on the contest and it is sort of a scam. So now they keep emailing me telling me how great my picture is, and I have no idea if it really is a good picture or not. I've heard that people have gotten the same emails even if they sent in a picture with the lens cap on. Well, rats...I still think it's a great picture. :)