I recently placed this photograph in the Nikon Forum best of college photography photo contest for 2011.  Out of 14,000 contestants I received honorable mention which means my photo was in the top 100.  I have been trying to place in the competition for a couple years now.....so I was thrilled when I found out.  A couple weeks after I received the good news about this photograph, I got another letter in the mail from the Nikon Forum magazine.  The letter said that because my photo placed highly in the competition, they wanted to know if I would be interested in submitting my portfolio for potential publication in the magazine!  I officially sent in my portfolio today!