I've lost my inspiration.....

I haven't felt inspired in quite a long time.  I used to take my camera with me everywhere and shoot at just about anything that was in front of me, but lately I just haven't been seeing the inspiration even when it's right in front of me.  Every month I scramble for something to enter into the monthy photo competitions that Nevada Camera Club holds.  I used to get so excited and take fresh pictures to enter but the last few months It's been a real drag.  I'm bored and dissatisfied with the pictures in my archives and so the photos that I enter are done so with very little pride and are entered just so I can have something to submit.  Our next competition is this Friday.  We can enter two photos into the regular categories and one photo into the club challenge.  Club challenge is sort of like the Friday My Town Shoot out; it is an assigned theme.  So to make a long story short, last night was the deadline to enter my photos for this coming Friday.  Again, I am so disappointed that I didn't make much of an effort.  I can almost predict exactly what the judges are going to say when they critique each photo.  My first photo entry is in the unclassified category, monochrome division.  Because I added a monochromatic artistic effect in photo shop I know I won't get good reviews.
Following, is the photo I've entered into that category.  I took this picture before I even joined the camera club but I only edited last night.  Our judges are very old school and they kind of frown upon creative effects even though it is allowed.   Most of them prefer nature wildlife photography. But oh well.....
You can click on this photo to see the effects much better.

I've never posted the  photos I'm entering in competition on my blog prior to the competition before but for some reason I felt like it today.  Blah!  

I'm hoping that someone can inspire me or give me some words of advice or feedback.

I personally happen to like this picture but I know it won't do well.

My next photo is of a window display I took while on vacation in Santa Fe.

I added another artistic effect which is fine because it goes into the creative category, but again,

It probably won't do very well.

Next is club challenge; SWEET

No doubt, I was very lazy on this assignment.

I had all kinds of ideas that I wanted to do and I was going to blow this one out of the water.

But I procrastinated.

And I ran out of time so I didn't do what I wanted to do.

Here is my lazy ass photo that I entered.

Shame on me!

I titled it Sweet butter and honey oats bread.

Lazy, Lazy, Lazy..........

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AND SO UNINSPIRED