My photo is in the finals for Chicago Tour Guide!!

[ddt0725]

I received this email this morning ...
<span style="font-size: small;"]<span style="font-family: Calibri;"]
"Your photo(s) shown below have been short-listed for inclusion in the twelfth edition of our Schmap Chicago Guide, to be published at the end of this month.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"] <o:p></o:p>
<p class="MsoNormal"]<span style="font-size: small;"]<span style="font-family: Calibri;"]<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"]While we offer no payment for publication, many photographers are pleased to submit their photos, as Schmap Guides give their work recognition and wide exposure, and are free of charge to readers. Photos are published at a maximum width of 150 pixels, are clearly attributed, and link to high-resolution originals at Flickr.


<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"]<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"]If you would like your short-listed photo(s) to continue to our Chicago Guide final selection phase, please read our 'Terms of Submission' and press the 'Submit' button, no later than our editorial submission deadline &ndash; Friday, July 16."

Plus they sent me a list of legal copyrightmumble jumble to read of what they can do with the photo. I didn't submit the photo to them but they obviously found it on flickr.

Here is a link to their past guide ...
http://www.schmap.com/chicago/home/ ("http://www.schmap.com/chicago/home/)

and this is the photo of the Chicago Botanic Gardens (personally, it's not my favorite but oh well) ...

/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.00.37.26/IMG_5F00_3624-resized.jpg


Anyway, wish me luck!

Denise

[neuroanatomist]

Great, Denise! Congrats on some nice work (and external recognition!!). [:D]

[mikehillman89]

Congratulations Denise! It's great to see that your work is being published!

[Richard Lane]

That's really exciting! It's a Beautiful Shot!


Good Luck..., I will be rooting for you!

[NFLD Stephen]

Congratulations and good luck in the final selection!


Stephen

[erno james]

Suh-weet! Even being considered is an honor in my book! You're already a winner! erno

[TucsonTRD]

Congrats Denise! Very nice photo.

[ddt0725]

Thanks everyone for the very nice comments! It's prettyflattering how it just came out of the blue like that. Hopefully, I make it through this final cut, it would be kinda cool when people look at photos of area attractions in Chicago that they'd be looking at one of my photos :)

Thanks again, guys!! [:)]

Denise

[lynx0069]

outstanding denise........nice pic and congratulations [:D]

[ddt0725]

Thank you! I won't find out for a few weeks yet but it was nice being asked if I wanted to have itamongst the few chosen finalists ...everyone has gotta start somewhere I guess!

Denise

[Sheiky]

and this is the photo of the Chicago Botanic Gardens (personally, it's not my favorite but oh well) ...


Nice picture! Congratulations Denise [Y]


It's looking like a typical tour guide photo, so I understand their choice. Hope you get selected as best!


Jan

[Joel]

Congratulations Denise! Always cool to see your image being used somewhere out in the open!


Actually, one of my picture was also published - some time ago - by Schmap for their Cambridge city guide ("http://www.schmap.com/cambridge/tours_tour3/#r=none&amp;mapview=Map&amp;tab=Text&amp;p=123660&amp;topleft=52.2 1181,0.1084&amp;bottomright=52.19919,0.12046&amp;i=123660_ 93.jpg).