After a long wait, our 2011 Oklahoma State Fair Photo Contest begins today with our first group of semi-finalists.
Before we get to the pics, I'd like to thank all the Ogle Moles who emailed us photographs from the Oklahoma State Fair. In all, we received 62 emails and about 150 photos. This year's field was really deep. There were about 60 photos that we seriously considered for the semi-finals, and whittling those 60 down to a final 20 was a pretty difficult process. In fact, it was so difficult that during the elimination stages Clark Matthews cried like the day he learned Eskimo Joe's shirts were no longer cool.
Anyway, here's how the whole thing works:
• We are posting 10 pics today and 10 pics tomorrow. You will vote for your THREE favorite pictures from each group.
• This weekend we'll tally the votes. The two pictures from each group that receive the highest percentage of votes will advance to the finals. We'll also select one wild card. It will be the photograph that receives the most votes out of both groups, but didn't make the finals.