photo taken December 2019

I was blown away when I was asked to be on the panel of judges for the “Name Your Dream Assignment” sponsored by Microsoft and Lenovo. {Cynics among ye: this is not an ad, I am not being paid}

This is a contest of concepts – entrants describe their dream photo shoot – where, what, and why.  The public (you!) votes on the entries between now and April 3rd, then the top 20 finalists will go before ME(!) and the other judges.  The winner will be given $50,000+ to put their dream into action. {And they will retain the rights to their photographs, which is not always the case with these types of things, and essential in my book}

Even if you’re not interested in winning or voting, the entries already up are diverse and many are quite poignant, worth poking around just to see so many perspectives.

The precise technical description is long and tedious, so here’s a picture:

Semi-Spring Day In The Draw

Otherwise known as dry wash, gully, gulch, and/or arroyo in other areas of the country and world.

photo taken May 22, 2007 • photo title thanks to Mimi

UPDATE: WOW! Awesome day with comments. Geniuses, the lot of you. I’m going to make this a weekly event.  I’ve closed comments on this post as of now, 12:30pm EST, because I have a baby calf spending the night inside with us tonight and I know it’s going to be a crazy morning.  Tomorrow at some point I will post about the baby cow in my house AND post the winner of the contest – that part is going to be tough. Thanks, all of you!

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Comments are open today, folks!
I’m feeling like a daredevil, what can I say.

My favorite, most-missed part of having comments open were the alternate titles and captions you guys would leave for the daily photo.  That’s what I’d love to see here.  Titles, captions, even Charlie-thought-bubbles… leave yours in the comments.  THE WINNER (either I’ll pick my favorite, or I’ll have MC pick a random number, I haven’t decided yet) will get a signed copy of my book, The Daily Coyote.  Now show me your brain on Charlie!

photo taken August 9, 2007