Recognition

Like everybody else I am taking pictures for a long time but never interested to share them to public in flickr, after i started blogging i put some interesting photos in flickr and in April i received a mail from

Subject: Schmap: Chicago Photo Short-list
Date: 14th April, 2010
Hi migration musings,
I am writing to let you know that one of your photos has been short-listed for inclusion in the eleventh edition of our Schmap Chicago Guide, to be published early May 2010.
http://www.schmap.com/shortlist/p=27188631N08/c=SO2015954
Best regards,
Claire Evans
Editor, Schmap Guides
www.schmap.me/claire.evans

After reading this i really don't get what this is all about, i was

thinking like, i am not going to loose any or gain any so i

submitted the photo and forget about it.

recently i received the mail again,

Subject: Schmap Chicago Eleventh Edition: Photo Inclusion
Date: 14th May, 2010
Hi migration musings,
I am delighted to let you know that your submitted photo has been selected for inclusion in the newly released eleventh edition of our Schmap Chicago Guide:
Navy Pier
http://www.schmap.com/chicago/tours_tour5/p=10712/i=10712_175.jpg

some incidents are so funny and unexpected, even though 

I don't gain anything from this, i take the recognition as

simply as encouragement of what i love to do.