Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Inside NoVa/Prince William Entry Title: Wreaths Across America Entry Credit: Paul Lara Judge Comment: Consistently strong images, with nice variety that tells a complete story about the event. Some images would have benefited from a longer lens to clean up the backgrounds and provide a little more isolation for the subject matter. Nice graphic eye on the photographer's part.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Loudoun Times-Mirror Entry Title: Dock Dogs Entry Credit: Graham Cullen Judge Comment: I laughed out loud when I saw the first image. What a fun event to cover! The images become a bit redundant--adding some other support images would strengthen the storytelling.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: The Mechanicsville Local Entry Title: Dave Lawrence: Cavaliers passed multiple tests in championship victory Entry Credit: Dave Lawrence Judge Comment: Contains some nice moments from the state championship game, with solid overall coverage. Try to show more faces when you're shooting sports images. A longer lens will help isolate the action and clean up the backgrounds of your images, as well.
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