One day, an unexpected email arrived from National Geographic. It was an inquiry about one of the photographs I had submitted. I looked into it half in doubt, and it seemed clear that the sender was indeed a National Geographic curator.
The message said that a photograph I had submitted on February 8, 2015 might soon be featured as "Photo of the Day", although the exact date had not yet been decided. It was a feature in which a curator selected one image from the thousands submitted each day from around the world and introduced it on their website as that day's photograph. Perhaps it was something like Man of the Match, but since only one photograph was chosen each day worldwide, the gate was narrow. Their selection criteria were not public, so even now I do not know why my photograph was chosen. Still, there was no doubt that it was an honor, and I was delighted.
Then, on March 10, it was published as "Glooming Youg".
