I have been dying to enter the North Idaho Fair since well, since I moved up here! The past two years, I have been unable to do so though.

I am debating on what photos to enter though. More than likely I will enter my black and whites because they are already mounted (I hope that counts as a mat because it is the right size and I worked hard to mount them and can't take them off lol)

So I will DEFINITELY enter the live stock division for black and whites but I am not sure which photo to enter.

If I can find a photo that fits Ranch & Farm life in my photos, I will probably enter that also. But I am not sure if any of my photos can fit into that category or not..

I want to enter this one but I would have to reprint it at wal mart and it would not look as good.. but I cna't have it in black and white because the colour added to it. *sigh*

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I also want to enter this:
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but sadly, it is not a computer manipulation, it was done by hand and I am sure they would be able to tell that... :/ However, my shadow photo witha texture over it, they probably would not know it is not computer manipulated but I don't know... I don't think those would do well against manips anyways...

I might enter my rodeo black and white photo for the black and white action category.

If I can convince my dad to print a couple of my photos at wal mart as 8x10s, I might be able to enter a couple of photos in the colour division, IF he will also buy the mat for it.. So If you guys have suggestions of which photos I should enter, PLEASE tell me!! I would appreciate it tons!!

I will be in San Diego & some national parks from the 20th-30th of July and will have limited internet access. I need to make a decision by the first week of August so I can get everything ready.

I would go enter Spokane's contest too, I really want to enter a few but I don't think my dad would be willing to drive all the way over there.. If I do, I cannot enter the same photos because they will be at the North Idaho Fair at the time. They have a hand coloured black and white category that I would LOVE to enter though.. gah! Decisions!

Updates:

Here is the North Idaho Fair Info for the photography department [PDF]:
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Spokane Guidelines [PDF]: (I can enter 1 photo per a category)
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Spokane is more strict but they award ribbons, trophies, and stuff like that... Though I am really entering just for the fun of it! It would be cool to see my photos place.. lol

Here's what I am Considering:

Colour - Livestock:
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or
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Colour - Plant Life:
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or
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Colour - Landscapes or would this be architecture because of the bridge?
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or
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Colour - Action: (I am only considering this one because of the motion blur but that might not do well for action.. what do you guys think?
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Black & White - Children: (without the red colouring)
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Black & White Livestock:
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OR
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OR (w/o the digitally manipulated red/gold)
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Black & White Action Scenes:
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or
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Black & White Ranch & Farm Life:
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Hand Coloured: (SPOKANE)
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OR
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