Congratulations to gentle reader Anthony for winning our 2010 State Fair Photo Contest. His picture "” which we called "The Guardian" "” received 299 votes in the finals, just edging out the second place finisher "Eat Pussy Kids." For taking and submitting the winning photo, Anthony wins a FREE dinner for four to Deep Fork Grill.
The Guardian was definitely one of my favorites from this year's batch of photos. I had a hunch it would be pretty popular. In fact, I thought it was almost too good. I asked Anthony if it was staged. His response was: