Reality Check: I consider myself a pretty fair photographer. Certainly not the best, but I think better than average. I joined PhotoBlogs.org a year back and since the beginning of April have been posting a daily photograph. They have a ranking system that gives you a "point" whenever someone makes your site their favorite. An honor to be sure. The top two sites have over 1,000 favorites (people saying that they favor their sites), the next dozen are all over 500, and you need 40 just to make it in the top 500 web sites (164 would get me in the top 100).

Tonight I discovered that many folks have discovered a neat little way of getting some favorites, actually there are two. Neither of them apparently has anything to do with making good images. I had to stop and really think about why it is that I do this. Is it so that I have a high ranking or is it to share my pictures with the world. I really want to improve in my art, so I welcome feedback, although I rarely get any. By placing a new picture on the site each day (haven't missed yet), I am making a committment to myself and the world that I will produce fresh work daily. I have "4" favorites this evening. I am flattered. I hope that maybe by the end of the year I have 10, but I will make this committment: I won't cheat the system to get 10. If you happen to be one of the 4 - thanks. Gratefully Brandon has turned off the identities of those who vote for me so I don't know. This keeps me from "exchanging" favorites. If you voted for me, the chances are very good that I didn't vote for you since there are 10,000 photoblogs.

On to better images!!!