June Image of the Month

This was a struggle. I started thinking about this well before the end of June. Of the ~2000 images only about 500 qualify for consideration. Race and WCA images don't count for this. Of the 500 or so, fewer than 200 were edited. Most of them are flowers and most of those are peonies. 

Yes, I love the peony photos. June 29 is a peak peony day, with only the red one still anticipating. Yes, you'll see them, be patient. The photos are nice, but are they image of the month? There's a couple rolls of long exposure film photos where what got captured isn't quite what my eyes saw, or what I hoped to get. Nice, maybe interesting, but image of the month? And really, does anyone care anymore that an image was created on film or digital? 

The macro photos might be a bit puzzling, technically difficult to do, and interesting in their own way, but image of the month? With all the rain I've been catching up on my reading and one of the photo books is an absolute banger, but does a photo of the cover rate image of the month? I think not.

Most of the images are essentially documentary. There I was, this is what I saw. I'd like to think that image of the month should be more than that. A few of the images seem to have a taste of that little extra. Or maybe not. Perhaps it's wishful thinking. Or maybe I'm just getting fussy in my old age. Another stroke of doom is coming up soon. I try not to think about it.

Anyways, enough dither. This, for whatever reason, is the one I keep coming back to and looking at. Make of it what you will.