In 2012 the weather was pretty good early and I had a lot to do on 2 bikes (mine and my sons) so I got them out and started to work toward our riding season. As luck would have it we had a sizable snow fall followed by a few really nice days, and the conditions outside where pristine and enticing. Seeing an opportunity I moved my bike outside to take advantage of the high contrast between the crisp white snow that had fallen overnight and the Sparkling Pearl Blue of my motorcycle.
I carefully snapped a series of pictures and took great care to format several with a lot of open space at the top of the picture. I knew that the Goldwing Road Riders Assn magazine "Wing World" preferred this type of picture so they could position their header along the top without covering the photo itself. This is what I was hoping for..a cover shot!
After I submitted the picture I herd nothing from the Editor nor staff at the magazine, and was not sure they even had received it, but I placed my confidence in the e-mail system and patiently waited. I felt that if they were going to use my shot it would be during the winter as it was a snow shot, and that I just had to be patient and wait it out...
Then one day I got an e-mail from a buddy who told me to turn to page 52 of the just released October issue of the magazine.... The editor had decided to use it a cover page for an article written by one of the Goldwing experts they have on staff instead of a cover shot....
Nice try anyway....
