Developer sign on Dutton Island

I paid a visit to Dutton Island today – a great one to photograph fog. You’ll soon see those photos in the stock photography section.

As I was driving out, I spotted this sign back in the bushes.  Are there still plans for development in this wildlife preserve?  It requires investigation.

Paradise View – the irony oozes.  Watch for further posts.

Larry Munson

We all knew it was coming.  Last year he broadcast only home games – this year, he called Georgia’s first two games and sounded gassed by the 4th quarter in each.  Larry Munson,  the Voice of the Georgia Bulldogs, retired overnight. He will be 86 years on on Saturday.

Larry began calling the games on September 17, 1966 – it was a 20-17 road victory over Mississippi State. Vince Dooley was in his third season as coach, and Sanford Stadium held about 42,000 fans. Star Trek had debuted on NBC the week before.  Larry had spent the past 20-years at Vanderbuilt, so moving to a competitive team was an exciting new experience for him.

By November 12th of that year, Georgia was 7-1 losing only to Miami by one point in the Orange Bowl.  They went to Auburn ranked in the top ten and with a shot at their first SEC championship since Wally Butts was coach.  Auburn made the first half as dreary as the rain that day – the Dogs were behind by 13-points.

In the third quarter, Fullback Brad Johnson scored Georgia’s first touchdown.

Munson calls Georgia’s first touchdown

In those days when only a few games were televised, Munson painted word pictures of the game.  His detail and description were unmatched.  One of his best vocal images came on Kirby Moore’s TD pass to Hardee King which put Georgia in the lead.

Munson calls Georgia’s second touchdown

Note there is no color announcer and no sideline reporter.  Larry called the entire game by himself. Georgia’s other fullback, Ronnie “Bull” Jenkins, scored an insurance touchdown.

Munson calls Georgia’s third touchdown

Georgia went on to win the game and half of the SEC championship.  Alabama was also unbeaten in SEC play.  The Dogs beat SMU in the Cotton Bowl and finished 4th in the country.

Have a good retirement, Larry.  You gave us 43-years of fun.

I never got any.

The club sought out judges from other Photographic Society of America affiliated clubs, and I learned that judging is a closed circle.  To become a judge, you have to earn PSA points.  You earn PSA points by winning PSA competitions.  To win PSA competitions, you don’t have to take good, interesting photographs, you have to follow the PSA rules.

The focus is on rule following, not on creativity.

Since my photographic vision is different than other folks, I don’t really follow the rules.  I had hoped to get constructive criticism.  I never, not once in five years, got any.  Instead I got comments such as “It certainly looks like it was taken at the time of day it was taken,” and “I just don’t know what to say about this one.”

The photographs are shipped out to the judges in large cases, so, of course they are jostled about.  One judge’s sole comment on one of my prints was that the mat had shifted in transit and covered part of the print.

In another case, a photographic teacher at a local university who specilizes in alternative process printing  looked at one of my albmen prints and said that the sepia tone matched the subject matter and it brought to mind an old process such as platinum or albumen.  In other words, his sole comment was that an albumen print looked like an albumen print.

I’m through with camera club judges.  They simply are not helpful.

Everyone is welcome to attend.

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