Dember 2009 / January 2010 Images


Best of Show - Sponsored by "Mauna Kea Summit" - (427 pts.) by R. David Beales, University of Hawaii.
"This evening the Keck Telescope was using its ranging laser and a thunderstorm was raging in the valley below us. Normally this is a very beautiful place but the lightning added an extra element to this photo. No Photoshop".

Sports Action


1st Place (349 pts.) - "Overhead Flight" by Martin Vloet, University of Michigan. "Senior Jordan Sexton performs a release move on the uneven bars on her way to a second-place finish on the apparatus and a first-place team finish in the three-team meet on January 9, 2010."

2nd Place (337 pts.) - "Giant Slalom Action" by Kelly Gorham, Montana State University. "University of Colorado skier Arman Serebrakian rounds a gate during an NCAA skiing invitational event January 16 at Big Sky resort."

3rd Place (323 pts.) - "The Pressures's On" by Chris Joesph Taylor, Seattle University. "The Seattle University women's swim team used its depth Tuesday afternoon, as six different Redhawk swimmers won individual events to help Seattle U defeat the University of Alaska, 130-74, at the Connolly Center Pool. Here, Seattle U's freshmen Shelby Remillard competes in the women's 100-meter butterfly. Seattle U's men and women will face Simon Fraser for the final home meet of the season, Saturday, Jan. 23, starting at 1 p.m. at the Connolly Center Pool."

Sports Features


1st Place (369 pts.) - "Flagged" by Jaren Wilkey, Brigham Young University. "December 22, 2009 - Volunteers from Nellis Air Force Base display the stars and stripes during the pregame of the Las Vegas Bowl."

2nd Place (323 pts.) - "Serious Business" by Tony Mastres, University of California, Santa Barbara. "Junior Attacker Katie Kepner is all business in this still promoting women's water polo (FYI: Yes its a small tattoo, its a pair of angels wings and no I didn't ask!)."

3rd Place (288 pts.) - "Flight Crew Jam" by Martin Vloet, University of Michigan. "Chris Yee, a member of the Pistons Flight Crew trampoline dunk team, gets ready to throw down during a timeout performance at Crisler Arena on January 24, 2010."

People & Portraits


1st Place (347pts.) - "The Eyes Have It" by Steve Latham, Jacksonville State University. "A violinist keeps her eyes on the conductor during a performance of the university's symphony orchestra."

2nd Place (335 pts.) - "Thinking of Home" by Kelly Gorham, Montana State University. "Dominique Etienne, MSU's sole student from Haiti, will return to her country in the spring and will help in rebuilding efforts. Etienne, who is on a prestigious exchange program sponsored by the U.S. State Department, gave a presentation on Haiti Jan. 27."

3rd Place (323 pts.) - "Campus Cop" by Tom Zasadzinski, Cal Poly Pomona. "Keith Lanning of the Cal Poly Pomona University Police Department."

Campus Environment


1st Place (340 pts.) - "Bell Tower" by Brian Stauffer, University of Illinois - Urbana - Champaign. "The McFarland Memorial Bell Tower as seen through the Aurora I sculpture."

2nd Place (338 pts.) - "Merritt Hall by Kevin Colton, Hobart and William Smith Colleges. "A cold winter morning on the Quad of the Hobart and William Smith Campus in Upstate, NY."

3rd Place (319 pts.) - "Maquina" by Jeff Miller, University of Wisconsin @ Madison. "Dusted by the first winter snowfall of the season and lit with red lights, the snow-covered Maquina sculpture is pictured on Engineering Mall at night on Dec. 3, 2009."

News


1st Place (331 pts.) - "Penguin Plunge" by Kevin Colton, Hobart and William Smith Colleges. "The William Smith swimming and diving team takes to the icy waters of Seneca Lake during The Penguin Plunge, organized by the Colleges' Hope House. More than 140 people braved frigid temperatures for a good cause."

2nd Place (327 pts.) - "Festival Lights" by Erin Pence, Wittenberg University. "Candlelight illuminates Weaver Chapel as the Wittenberg Choir leaves light trails on their way out of Weaver Chapel following the Lessons and Carols for Advent service."

3rd Place (326 pts.) - "Path Diverge" by R. Marsh Starks, University of Nevada Las Vegas "A soon-to-be graduate pauses for a photograph enroute to commencement exercises."

Features & Illustrations


1st Place (390 pts.) - "Swan Lake (Duck Pond)" by Jim Stroup, Virginia Tech. "One of a series of promotional images I'm doing for one of our dance ensembles. She was doing segments for me from Swan Lake, and the small lake on campus is called the Duck Pond."

2nd Place (352 pts.) - "Snow Days!" by Jim Stroup, Virginia Tech. "An illustration made of our iconic campus building to announce snow days on the web site."

3rd Place (309 pts.) - "Rays of Hope" by Jim Stroup, Virginia Tech. "These two students started a web site that raises money for charity. I used a can of Magicians "Harmles"; Spray Smoke and some Photoshop for the background."

Science & Research


1st Place (345 pts.) - "How Far Can It Stretch?" by Mark Philbrick, Brigham Young University. "Research on breaking points of variety of materials."

2nd Place (330 pts.) - "Vocal Folds" by Mark Philbrick, Brigham Young University. "Particle research using pulsating laser."

3rd Place (287 pts.) - "Remus Ops" by R. David Beales, University of Hawaii. "This robotic survey device, REMUS, will travel underwater for over six hours after being launched from a support vessel. During the navigation of its pre-planned route it conducts dozens of scientific observations, from chlorophyll measurements to side scan sonar mapping of the sea floor. The data collected is incorporated into the Hawaiian Ocean Observing System (HIOOS). You can learn more about this program here-http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/hioos/index.php."

Personal Vision

1st Place (320 pts.) - "Lava Flow" by R. David Beales, University of Hawaii.

"Lava enters the Pacific Ocean at Kalapana on the Big Island of Hawaii."

2nd Place (328 pts.) - "Under the Sun" by R. David Beales, University of Hawaii.

"A SCUBA Diver waits for the arrival of a survey robot at the Kilo Nalu research site."

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