I finally won something in the SportsShooter.com monthly contest — a contest I’ve been entering for longer than I’d like to admit.

This image from the Salinas rodeo scored me a first place.

Check it out here.

UPDATE, 4/12/10: This image also earned a first place in the San Francisco Bay Area Press Photographers Association’s 36th Annual News Photo Competition and an honorable mention in the National Press Photographers Association’s 2010 Best of Photojournalism competition.