First place - the framing and cropping make it all fit perfectly together.
Second place - The Michelangelo effect with the fingers touching the ball and the lighting behind it. It makes the photo.
3rd place - Love the athleticism shown, looks like ballet on a football field and a classic second base play in baseball. Nice clean background.
Alternate - wish it showed more of the field and the player underneath but still good action. The photographer had a 300 from the back of the endzone so may not have been able to get more of the field and player so its understandable.
Overall another strong category. It's nice to see some nice solid high school football!
Judges:
Wesley Bunnell/Shore Publishing, Lawrence Kesterson/Swarthmore College/AP, Natavan Werbok/Swarthmore College
Judges Comments
First place - the framing and cropping make it all fit perfectly together. Second place - The Michelangelo effect with the fingers touching the ball and the lighting behind it. It makes the photo. 3rd place - Love the athleticism shown, looks like ballet on a football field and a classic second base play in baseball. Nice clean background. Alternate - wish it showed more of the field and the player underneath but still good action. The photographer had a 300 from the back of the endzone so may not have been able to get more of the field and player so its understandable. Overall another strong category. It's nice to see some nice solid high school football!