Monday, March 29, 2010

PRESS RELEASE

Today two Press Releases arrived in my email.  One for this photo:



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

3/28/2010 Photographer Michael Lynch of Kin, Okinawa, has won Second Place for February in the prestigious photography contest sponsored by BetterPhoto.com, the site's founder, Jim Miotke, announced Sunday.

More than 17100 entries were submitted to the online photography contest, which attracted contestants from around the world and featured 10 separate categories.

Lynch's stunning image, "A Sign of Spring", garnered top honors after being submitted in the Animals category.

And another for this one:






FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

3/28/2010 Photographer Michael Lynch of Kin, Okinawa, has won Second Place for February in the prestigious photography contest sponsored by BetterPhoto.com, the site's founder, Jim Miotke, announced Sunday.

More than 17100 entries were submitted to the online photography contest, which attracted contestants from around the world and featured 10 separate categories.

Lynch's stunning image, "Parting Shot", garnered top honors after being submitted in the Travel & Place category.

TAKIN' THE REST OF THE DAY OFF !

Cheers.
Mike

13 comments:

Candice said...

Damnnn! Congrats!

RyukyuMike said...

Candice,
Thanks. Hope there were no problems viewing while I was obliterating stuff with these %#&#@*(^$* html codes!

Lola said...

Congratulations Mike! That's pretty sweet!

RyukyuMike said...

Lola,
Thank you. I mangelled this Google html thing pretty bad; may hafta set up a new account and send you a new address if I can't untangle it in the next few attempts.

lilypond said...

Congratulations Mike. Both photos are so very very good. You deserve all the honors you get.

RyukyuMike said...

Thanks, Inka. Just wish I could figure out how I Power Blogger ads got on my girls dancin' in the streets.
Somebody's got to pay. Ya hear me Mr. GOOGLE !

Sophie said...

Excellent photos very deserving of winning! Congratulations!

RyukyuMike said...

Sophie,
Thank you. Some different versions of these same photos are entered in contests over in tour part of the world. Keepin' my fingers crossed.

Cheers,
Mike

Anonymous said...

They're both great photos Mike! Well done!

Anonymous said...

Congratulations!

RyukyuMike said...

Rebecca and Myscrapbook,
Thank you. About 6 months late, I realized, I hadn't really released my Press Release!
Probably one of the many reasons I'm not an Editor, eh?

www.solofemaletraveler.com said...

I missed this! I've always loved both of those photos. Congratulations!!!!

RyukyuMike said...

Sabina,
Glad to see you. Really it's my fault. I forgot to promote this blog entry way-back-when. Thanks for you unfailing support!

Cheers,
Mike