I got the news from my good friend Swati, that one of the images I'd entered for a challenge made it to the 4th place on DP Review. I was on the phone with her, when she was suddenly all excited and cried out "congrats - your pic made it to 4th place!" For a few seconds, I didn't even register what she was talking about, and then when she got over her excitement, she explained that my entry to the "Objects" challenge had come in 4th. I was ecstatic, because the last few entries just couldn't push through into the top 15. I kept coming in at 21st, 22nd, 19th, etc, but I finally broke through. I have posted this image on my blog before, but here's the link to the page:
http://www.dpreview.com/challenges/Entry.aspx?ID=389569&View=Results&Rows=25
And therefore, I decided to give myself a break from the photo of the day as a treat! (Any excuse to be lazy!)