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July 6, 2001
Texas Farm Bureau's
Photo Contest winners
It was a tough job, sure enough!
Texas Farm Bureau's photo contest was a tremendous success, as Farm Bureau members got out their cameras and submitted well over 200 photographs.
Our panel of three judges scratched their heads, argued, fought and agonized for hours before choosing the photos on this page as this year's winners.
Richard Engelbrecht of Cat Spring was finally chosen the winner of the $100 grand prize for his picture of the bluebird and the cow skull. Second place and $50 went to Becky Reinke's photo of her husband and son.
Two honorable mentions—photos taken by Mary Payne and Bobby Middleton—caught the judges' eyes and were awarded $25 each.
How hard was the contest to judge? Note samples of non-winning photographs on the opposite page. These are just a few of the outstanding entries our Farm Bureau members submitted.
Keep up the good work and keep those cameras out. We're going to have another contest next year!
Richard Engelbrecht of Cat Spring took this year's grand prize winner. "The cow skull is hung on the overhang of my barn and this Eastern Bluebird has built its nest inside," he wrote.
Becky Reinke of Fairfield chose black and white as her medium in this second place photo. Pictured are her son, Cotton, and husband, Troy. Cotton has just learned to walk when the photo was taken.
A boot took on a personality of its own through the eyes of Mary Payne of Telephone in this honorable mention photo.
In this honorable mention photo, Bobby Middleton, Jr. of Point noticed this different perspective of his blue heeler, Lucy, as she stood watch in the back of her truck. Middleton took the picture one afternoon while hauling some cows to town to sell.
A cowboy's shadow on a barn was the entry of Bob Aycock of Haskell. The photo was taken right before sundown.
