October 2007 Images - Competition Results


Best of Show - Sponsored by "Eyes on the Ball" - (297 pts.) by Robert Jordan, University of Mississippi.
"Finally had a chance to set up a remote camera and shoot volleyball from the rafters."

Portraits


1st Place (282 pts.) - "Ray" by Bryce Richter, University of Wisconsin-Madison. "Grounds worker Ray Esser poses for a portrait in the equipment room at the University Apartments service building on Oct. 25, 2007. Esser has been an employee with University Apartments for nearly 27 years."

2nd Place (280 pts.) - "Ballet Showcase" by Jaren Wilkey, Brigham Young University. "10/24/07 - Portrait of Ballet Showcase dancer."

3rd Place (262 pts.) - "Dirty Job" by Andrew McNeill, University of Wisconsin-Platteville. "A member of Sigma Phi Epsilon had the lucky job of working the mud pit during the homecoming tug-of-war competition."

Sports


1st Place (294 pts.) - "The Saving Stretch" by Rick Mickelson, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. "Goalkeeper Liz Weirick stretches full out to tip away a shot at the last second."

2nd Place (262 pts.) - "Running Down a Ball" by Trice Megginson, University of Wyoming. "Wyoming Freshman Juliana Candelaria runs after the ball during the BYU game."

3rd Place (254 pts.) - "Slap Shot into the Goal" by Scott Kissell, Miami University. "This shot found its way into the conner of the goal."

Campus Environment


1st Place (278 pts.) - "Afternoon Light" by Ken Bennett, Wake Forest University. "The sun shines through a three-story window in the library atrium on an October afternoon, imprinting the outline of each pane of glass on the atrium floor."

2nd Place (262 pts.) - "Brisk Walk" by Robert Jordan, University of Mississippi. "Early morning light streams through the trees in the Circle, silhouetting a student as he makes his way to class."

3rd Place (253 pts.) - "Lonely Stride" by Beth McHenry, University of Texas at Arlington. "A student cuts through the lonely chemistry building on his way to class."

News & Features


1st Place (273 pts.) - "Hanging Up the Art" by Ken Bennett, Wake Forest University. "Visiting artist Caroline Cox installs her piece, "Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky" in the Hanes Gallery in Scales Fine Arts Center. Her piece is part of the Optical Allusions exhibit which opened on October 25."

2nd Place (272 pts.) - "Floating Sky" by Aaron Mayes, University of Nevada Las Vegas. "Students ride atop a Homecoming float during festivities."

3rd Place (261 pts.) - "Defying Gravity" by Andrew McNeill, University of Wisconsin-Platteville. "As a part of Asian-American Night, the Shangri-La Chinese Acrobats stunned the crowd with their performance."

Science & Research


1st Place (274 pts.) - "Laser Lab" by Tom Zasadzinski, Cal Poly Pomona. "Teresa Rincon a senior mechanical engineer, works with a laser in the photonics lab at Cal Poly Pomona."

2nd Place Tie (259 pts.) - "Culture Aglow" by R. Marsh Starks, University of Nevada Las Vegas. "Karen Levy, a biology and biochemistry undergraduate, was selected as a 2007 Amgen Scholar and spent the summer at Columbia University studying Legionella pneumophila."

2nd Place Tie (259 pts.) - "Kidney disease researcher" by Scott Galvin, University of Michigan. "Dr. Friedhelm Hildebrandt is currently researching the gene that causes genetic kidney disease. His research focuses on the cure and prevention of birth defects."

3rd Place (256 pts.) - "Digital MRIs" by Scott Galvin, University of Michigan. "Dr. Strouse, a researcher in radiology at the Universitys' children's hospital with digital MRIs of an unborn fetus."

Personal Vision

1st Place (262 pts.) - "Light over the Brisbane River" by Tony Mastres, University of California, Santa Barbara.

"The lights of Brisbane's city center reflect lazily back to the South Bank area, Brisbane, Queensland Australia."

2nd Place (260 pts.) - "Countryside Sunrise" by Cary Edmondson, California State University, Stanislaus.

"The sun begins to rise over a tree in the countryside on October 6th."

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