1st Place: A great face makes this the winner.
2nd Place: Great peak action, fairly clean background. If there was a face it would have elevated this to 1st.
3rd: Good, different action and faces. A tighter crop would have pushed this up a spot or two.
Judges:
Robert Hanashiro/USA Today, Keith Birmingham/Southern California News Group
Judges Comments
1st Place: A great face makes this the winner. 2nd Place: Great peak action, fairly clean background. If there was a face it would have elevated this to 1st. 3rd: Good, different action and faces. A tighter crop would have pushed this up a spot or two.