Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Cardinal News Entry Title: Whitewood flood aftermath Entry Credit: Megan Schnabel Judge Comment: Great selection of images. Many of them could have been the main photo. They have excellent composition and subject placement.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Cardinal News Entry Title: Public health nurses save their communities Entry Credit: Ralph Berrier Judge Comment: Good composition and framing.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: FauquierNow.com Entry Title: Amazon's legal counsel in Warrenton Entry Credit: James Jarvis Judge Comment: This photographer did a great job of taking what could have been a boring subject and capturing emotion in the subjects' faces.
Place Name: Alternate Winner Contestant Name: Cardinal News Entry Title: Gov. Youngkin visits flood-ravaged Buchanan County Entry Credit: Megan Schnabel Judge Comment: Good selection of photos. Some have good composition while others could use slight adjustments to place the subject off center. The flooded cars photo should have been cropped in camera or in production to remove what appears to be the windshield wiper of the photographer's car.
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