1st Place
Julio CortezThe Associated Press
2nd Place
Stephanie StrasburgPittsburgh Tribune-Review
3rd Place
Michael HenningerPittsburgh Post-Gazette
Judges:
Michael P. King/Wisconsin State Journal, John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal, Amber Arnold/Wisconsin State Journal
Judges Comments
Overall a strong category. We had to split hairs between first and second place... eye candy or a moment? Ultimately the eye candy won out due to rarity and execution. The second place photo was a wonderful moment but the imperfect cropping on the left, top and (particularly) right edges distracted from it.