Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: The Daily Cardinal Entry Title: Eric Benedict, Instruction Technology User Manager for the Madison Metropolitan School District, at MMSD's district office on Dayton Street Entry Credit: Maggie Spinney Judge Comment: Nice use of framing on this portrait. We get a sense of who this guy is – he doesn't take himself too seriously – if he has all these stickers on the window of his classroom. Creative use of depth of field to highlight the in-focus subject with the stickers in the foreground. Much better than a posed photo at his desk.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: The Daily Cardinal Entry Title: Kane Funmaker, a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation, leads the First Nations Cultural Landscape Tour on the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s campus Entry Credit: Jake Piper Judge Comment: Nice job getting a clear portrait on this subject.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Media Milwaukee Entry Title: Pacific Palisades Entry Credit: Caleb Rose Judge Comment: Nice composition in particular on the photo with the burned landscape and foliage in the foreground, with the hazmat suited figures in the background.