Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: The Press Times Entry Title: Paul VanHandel, of Newcap, gives handwarmers to an unsheltered homeless individual in St. John's Park Entry Credit: Josh Staloch Judge Comment: The epitome of what a feature photo is supposed to be. The compassion found in the volunteer is evident in the photo.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: The Lakeland Times Entry Title: Unabashedly bashful Entry Credit: Brett LaBore Judge Comment: I love this photo. It's hard to vote against a kid having fun!
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Vilas County News-Review Entry Title: Summer Show Entry Credit: Kurt Krueger Judge Comment: Great nature in motion photo. I long to get a photo like this.
Place Name: Honorable Mention Contestant Name: Monroe County Herald Entry Title: Eli Brown feature Entry Credit: Nate Beier Judge Comment: Great feature photo. I just am hung up on the fact that it was altered. Works great for the subject matter though.
Competition Comment: Nice variety of subject matter. The nature photos were hard to judge one over another.
Ultimately the human interest found in the street outreach photo rose to the top in my opinion.
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