Too bad, but at least the other kids had better chances to win:-)
What was I to do?
I created my own photo contest!
The models I chose were all around me starting with Schloß Kammer,
a place where I took a course in wind surfing, 24 years ago!!! 
The castle is as beautiful as ever, only the surfers are gone. The place is no longer a surf school, but a private residence.
A clear favorite were dark thunder clouds behind sunflowers
and church towers. Very effective.
Pictures of busy spiders
taken with a 300 mil. lens were also up there with the best, but the number one model was Finley who clearly has the model gene in his DNA, even though his sign language wasn't always politically correct. 
