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"Dr. Ed Walton" - (255 pts.) |
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Portraits
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1st Place (242 pts.) - "Vending Vice" by Aaron Mayes, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. "Professor of Nutrition Susan Meacham poses November 9, 2006 near a vending machine. Her research is aimed at educating the public as to the dangers of quick to find vending drinks and snacks."
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2nd Place (236 pts.) - "Out on a Limb" by Nancy Evelyn, University of Georgia. "Sarah Thompson, horticulture graduate student, poses out on a limb of a local ginko tree. Sarah's thesis documents distinctive trees of our state which may be noted by age, size, beauty, historical value or uniqueness This particular ginko tree was planted by Mary Creswell, the first woman to receive a baccalaureate degree from our university and later become the first dean of Family & Consumer Sciences." |
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3rd Place (230 pts.) - "Big Men on Campus" by Martin Vloet, University of Michigan. "All-Americans from the men's track & field team strike a pose at Varsity Plaza in front of the column bearing the program's NCAA and conference championships." |
Sports
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1st Place (233 pts.) - "Impact" by Rick Mickelson, University of Wisconsin @ Eau Claire. "UW-River Falls midfielder Julie Sperstad moves the ball downfield in the WIAA conference soccer tournament." |
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2nd Place (230 pts.) - "Air Time" by Martin Vloet, University of Michigan. "Michigan wide receiver Steve Breaston is launched into the air when two Ball State defenders combine for the tackle." |
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3rd Place (227 pts.) - "Sunset", by Jaren Wilkey, Brigham Young University "11/8/06 - Senior Third Baseman Jodi Norton faces the end of her career."
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Campus Environment
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1st Place (247 pts.) - "Few Have Seen... " by Christie Tanner, Houghton College. "...what happens when the shades are down, the chapel is dark and for only a few minutes, the late afternoon sunlight comes streaming in through the windows of the double doors and down the quiet rows of seats." |
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2nd Place (242 pts.) - "Backlit Fountain" by Robert Jordan, University of Mississippi. "Fountain with students." |
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3rd Place (240 pts.) - "Last of the Color" by Mark Philbrick, Brigham Young University. "Last trees of campus to show autumn colors."
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News & Features
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1st Place (237 pts.) - "Cougarettes" by Mark Philbrick, Brigham Young University. "A Promo for a concert." |
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2nd Place (228 pts.) - "Sunrise" by Todd Paris, University of Alaska Fairbanks. "An unnamed slough winds it's way toward Nushugak Bay near Dillingham, home to UAF's Bristol Bay Campus." |
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3rd Place (223 pts.) - "Student amid columns" by Michael Ekern, University of St. Thomas. "A student listens to quiet music amid the columns of St. Mary's Chapel during the School of Divinity's 40 hour prayer vigil."
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Science & Research
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1st Place (240 pts.) - "Fruit Fly" by Jeff Miller, University of Wisconsin @ Madison. "The delicate end of a feather is used to turn over an anesthetized fruit fly being viewed under a microscope in the research lab of Jerry C.P. Yin, a professor of genetics and psychiatry. Under the microscope, researchers analyze phenotypic markers such as eye color, body type and wing shape to identify genetic changes introduced to the fly's four chromosomes." |
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2nd Place (220 pts.) - "Optical Displacement" by Mark Philbrick, Brigham Young University. "Optical displacement measurements are being made and accoustic standing waves are being developed." |
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3rd Place (218 pts.) - "Mapping the trees" by Nancy Evelyn, University of Georgia. "Sarah Thompson, horticulture graduate student, takes a GPS (global positioning system) reading of a local ginko tree. Sarah's thesis documents distinctive trees of our state which may be noted by age, size, beauty, historical value or uniqueness. This particular ginko tree was planted by Mary Creswell, the first woman to receive a baccalaureate degree from our university and later become the first dean of Family & Consumer Sciences. (The GPS instrument in the photo helps to map out the location as well as allow input of other characteristics of the tree which can later be downloaded to a laptop.)"
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Personal Vision
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1st Place (241 pts.) - "True Color Infrared" by David Campbell, Alabama State University. "I shot this image of a church in Eutaw, Alabama. I used an infrared camera to take one image, and a normal camera to take another from the exact same position. In Photoshop I used the ir image for the background layer, and pasted the color image on top, then changed the blending mode to color. So the color is accurate, but the luminosity is infrared."
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2nd Place (224 pts.) - "Fishing for Rainbows" by Joseph Gamble, University of Southern Florida. "Shane Sorensen fishes for rainbow trout on an unseasonal November day on the Eagle River near Gypsum, Colorado.
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