2023 WNA Foundation Better Newspaper Contest

Feature Photo ( Division C) Back

  • Place Name: First Place
    Contestant Name: The Lakeland Times
    Entry Title: When the Fur Flies
    Entry Credit: Dean Hall
    Judge Comment: A fierce look at nature that forces you to take a second look. The detail and crispness are like watching the scene in 4K. Photographer shows readers something they may never see in real life, but without making them nauseous.
  • Place Name: Second Place
    Contestant Name: Lake Country Now
    Entry Title: lcn winter wonderland
    Entry Credit: Scott Ash
    Judge Comment: A haunting and beautiful composition that could have only been better with a lonely bunded-up human walking through the scene.
  • Place Name: Third Place
    Contestant Name: The Lakeland Times
    Entry Title: Bingo Magnifico
    Entry Credit: Trevor Greene
    Judge Comment: People are fascinating to watch and this composition would be higher had the expression on her face been joy or frustration or more intense concentration.
  • Place Name: Honorable Mention
    Contestant Name: The Lakeland Times
    Entry Title: Moose on the Loose in Minocqua
    Entry Credit: Braeden Walker
    Judge Comment: Beautiful color and interesting square composition but had to wonder if it could have been better to see how humans were affected. Where's the comedy? The inconvenience? The juxtaposition?
  • Competition Comment: None