1st Place
Chris DayThe Commercial Appeal
2nd Place
Denny SimmonsThe Tennessean
3rd Place
Scott UtterbackCourier Journal
Judges:
Jonah Hinebaugh/Naples Daily News, Amanda Inscore/Fort Myers News-Press, Andrew West/Fort Myers News-Press, Ricardo Rolon/Fort Myers News-Press
Judges Comments
We think the first-place entry captures the spirit of a feature photo. It's a unique moment, but we feel the photographer could've cropped tighter to focus on one of the pairs for a cleaner photo and to highlight the expressions. We chose the second place because we felt the photographer captured the moment creatively and put thought into the composition—a different look at the average concert photo. We liked the third image because it's a nice, fun moment with the older gentleman crowd surfing.