This year, submissions to the photography contest increased by over 30 percent. That’s an indication to me that there are more readers of the magazine than ever before, and a good number of those readers are talented photographers. We always look forward to this issue because we get to see many excellent photographs that show such a wide range of life in the Finger Lakes. Thank you to all the photographers who submitted photos to the contest this year. I wish I could print every one of your photos. Keep your eyes open and your cameras at the ready this coming year. You never know when you may shoot that award-winning photo.
–Mark Stash, Editor
Grand Prize
Spring Mirror – south Canandaigua Lake • Christopher S. Plopper • Naples
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Color Category
First Place
Letchworth State Park panorama
Arick Combs • Palmyra
Second Place
Keuka lightning strike – taken from the shore of Keuka Lake
Greg Sullivan • East Rochester
Third Place
Early morning misty sunrise at Montezuma Wildlife Preserve
Craig W. Humphrey • Skaneateles
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Black and White Category
First Place
Driftwood at Green Lakes State Park • Bob Gates • Jamesville
Second Place
Path to the past – Genesee Country Museum • Kory Yerkes • Canandaigua
Third Place
Snow covered tree at Finger Lakes Community College
Ralph Thompson • Canandaigua
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Honorable Mention
The colors I choose – Canandaigua Lake, view from Bristol Harbour
Sally Bridenstine • Richmond, Virginia
Grapes with silo in background, taken on Shipman Road, Penn Yan
Pauline M. Champlin • Penn Yan
Letchworth State Park
Donald L. Conklin • Rochester
Cabins on Routes 5 & 20 in Seneca Falls
Dylan Paolicelli • Seneca Falls
