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August 2009

News

1st Ken Stevens/Muskegon Chronicle – Storm Topples Trees
2nd Kendra Stanley-Mills/Muskegon Chronicle – Lucky to be Alive
3rd Cory Morse/Muskegon Chonicle – After the Storm
HM Dave Weatherwax/Jackson Citizen-Patriot –Adopted Teen, Biological Mom Meet
Comments:
The top four photos were an obvious choice in this category. 1st is a unique image, 2nd embodies good emotion, 3rd is another good post-storm photo with good composition and HM also has a good moment of connection between people

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Sports

1st Doug Tesner/Traverse City Record-Eagle – Crash Course
2nd Ryan Garza/Flint Journal – Tiger
3rd Jan-Michael Stump/Traverse City Record-Eagle – Rally Time
HM Dave Weatherwax/Jackson Citizen-Patriot – Softball Tournament of Champions
Comments:
Top photo was the best in the group. 1st good timeing to catch this wreck – a little bit out of the ordinary, 2nd good moment and good crop, 3rd good reaction shot, could have placed higher with tighter crop (no ref), HM nice peak action, also could have used tighter crop

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Faeture/Single

1st Kendra Stanley-Mills/Muskegon Chronicle – Audition Anxiety
2nd Kendra Stanley-Mills/Muskegon Chronicle – Family Portrait
3rd Jan-Michael Stump – Traverse City Record-Eagle – Swimmers’ Delight
HM Nathan Morgan/Midland Daily News – Timeless Travel Traditions
Comments:
This was a good category with a lot of quality images – a wide ranges of colors, emotions and compositions. 1st just a really great and humorous momentum 2nd we liked the humor again in this photo 3rd fantastic color and a good, relaxing summertime moment, HM good mood tells a good story.

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Feature/Multiple

1st Dave Weatherwax/Jackson Citizen-Patriot – A Boy and His Pigs
2nd Nathan Morgan/Midland Daily News – Fair Folk
3rd Drew Angerer/Midland Daily News – Fair Impressions
Comments:
A small category with wide variety. 1st variety set this entry apart from the others, photographer put in the effort to tell a story, 2nd a nice set of portraits with a different take on the fair, 3rd nice mood and use of light – more variety and faces would have helped.

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