Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest - 2025

Oops. I just realized that the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest was back in September last year, and I forgot to post about it. Not a strong showing there, Ang.

The last time I posted about this particular photo contest was back in 2022. The reason for this is that I was super-fortunate to win Best in Show then, so my friend CDB of www.photography139.com asks the winners to be judges for the competition for the next two years. Ergo, I was judging in 2023 and 2024, so 2025 was my chance to return to the contest as a competitor.

Fortunately, CDB provided us all a copy of the book.

2025_pd_photo_contest_book.pdf

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(Make sure to right-click and select "Two-Pages Continuous" for the viewing method.) Here are my entries, their categories/names, and how each did.

"Westminster Window Flares" - Category "Outside Iowa Places" - Honorable Mention in Category

"Snow White" - Category "Humans" - 1st Place in Category

"Coneflower Texture" - Category "Plants" - 3rd Place Overall

"Peekaboo" - Category "Animals" - Best in Show

I feel very fortunate that this goofy little grasshopper got Best in Show, and the award was a super-cool laser-cut train trophy. I'll be back in Boone as a judge for the next two years, and feel very fortunate. Thanks so much to CDB for continually running a very well-organized, respectful show that democratizes photography to all.