Extremely weak category and most of the photos would be more appropriate in the feature category. Just because they were taken and events doesn't make them General News photos. First place of the Air Show would have been stronger with a tighter edit (maybe 3 photos) but the lack of strong entries pushed it to the top. The first three images would have been enough and made it a stronger entry. Second place had severe technical issues, and would have been strong cropped tighter, but it was still a strong image.
Judges:
Shmuel Thaler/Santa Cruz Sentinel, Kevin Painchaud/Lookout Santa Cruz
Judges Comments
Extremely weak category and most of the photos would be more appropriate in the feature category. Just because they were taken and events doesn't make them General News photos. First place of the Air Show would have been stronger with a tighter edit (maybe 3 photos) but the lack of strong entries pushed it to the top. The first three images would have been enough and made it a stronger entry. Second place had severe technical issues, and would have been strong cropped tighter, but it was still a strong image.