Cream of the Crop, 1st Place Sports

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Judges
Bill Feig, Staff Photographer, The Advocate Liz Condo, Staff Photographer, The Advocate Kevin Martin, Photo Editor, The Advocate

F-Feature 1st Place
Photographer: Aaron Pennock, Tipton Argus
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Judges Comments:
A lot of action and a leading line. Great expression on the kid’s face.

F-Feature 2nd Place
Photographer: Andrew Laker, The Republic
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Judges Comments:
Very strong graphic elements and makes a nice pattern.

F-Feature 3rd Place
Photographer: Justin Rumbach, The Herald
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Judges Comments:
This photo has great layers that tell the story. Maybe what wasn’t an awesome moment, but has good layering and composition. This makes it more interesting. The girl’s expression draws you in to her.

GN-General_News 1st Place
Photographer: Matt Detrich/The Indianapolis St
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Judges Comments:
Photo has humor and contrast in the expected and unexpected. It’s a wonderful coincidence.

GN-General_News 2nd Place
Photographer: Chris Bergin
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Judges Comments:
Nice framing and good job for waiting for the right moment. Good use of rule of thirds in constructing the composition of the photo.

GN-General_News 3rd Place
Photographer: Heather Charles, The Indianapolis Star
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Judges Comments:
Strong body language which serves as a leading line to the hearse. Simple and fairly clean.

I-Illustration 1st Place
Photographer: Andrew Laker, The Republic
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Judges Comments:
Clever way of illustrating this issue. The eyes and the finger tips are a nice touch of a hint of identify theft.

I-Illustration 2nd Place
Photographer: Rob Goebel/Indianapolis Star
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Judges Comments:
The backlighting helps make a clean background. The motion in contrast to the stillness of the other glasses is nice.

I-Illustration 3rd Place
Photographer: Rob Goebel/Indianapolis Star
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Judges Comments:
The swirling motion in the glass is a good way to illustrate and the lighting is clean.

Multiple_Entry 1st Place
Photographer: Chris Howell, The Herald-Times
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Judges Comments:
Good variety of images showing multiple aspects (off the court) that take you behind the scenes and introduce you to different characters of the story. It just shows what good access can do to help you tell the story.

Multiple_Entry 2nd Place
Photographer: Robert Scheer, The Indianapolis
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Judges Comments:
Very unique story in that inner city kids are introduced to nature. The photographer did a great job of showing hands on experience with events the kids may have never had before. Really nice interaction moments and a great closer.

Multiple_Entry 3rd Place
Photographer: Matt Detrich/The Indianapolis St
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Judges Comments:
Good opener and good closer. The opener sets the scene and the closer is a surprise that is very unexpected and not seen very often. The closer is very subtle.

S-Sports 1st Place
Photographer: Sam Riche, The Indianapolis Star
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Judges Comments:
Very unusual. He’s so high and framed well above every one else. You don’t see this as often.

S-Sports 2nd Place
Photographer: Sam Riche, The Indianapolis Star
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Judges Comments:
The composition is chaotic and yet cohesive. You have a focal point in the middle and still have a lot of nice faces to see.

S-Sports 3rd Place
Photographer: Matt Detrich/The Indianapolis St
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Judges Comments:
More of a quiet moment where photographer had to pay attention to what’s happening on the sideline. Great body language and expression in Pitino.

S-Sports HM Place
Photographer: Sam Riche, The Indianapolis Star
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Judges Comments:
What’s nice about this photo is the contact between the players, and the arms crossing over and being tangled. It’s also nice and clean.

SN-Spot_News 1st Place
Photographer: Robert Scheer, The Indianapolis
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Judges Comments:
You’ve got color in a monochromatic scene (the red pops against the background). The expression and body language of the dog shows the emotion of the moment. Very unusual situation. You feel the danger for the dog.

SN-Spot_News 2nd Place
Photographer: Jon L. Hendricks/The Times
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Judges Comments:
The photographer is so close and you really feel like you’re a part of the scene. Great light and detail in the photo.

SN-Spot_News 3rd Place
Photographer: Denny Simmons
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Judges Comments:
A really interesting way to show the scene.

Through April, not including March.

1 Matt Detrich Indianapolis Star MLDI 245
2 Chris Howell Herald-Times CAHB 205
3 Jon L. Hendricks The Times of Northwest Ind. JLHM 148
4 Jeri Reichanadter Indianapolis Star JLRI 140
5 Rob Goebel Indianapolis Star RKGI 130
6 Scott Bort Post-Tribune SMBM 128
7 Denny Simmons Courier and Press DLSE 115
8 Joel Philippsen The Republic JMPC 88
9 Charlie Nye Indianapolis Star CENI 70
10 Sam Riche Indianapolis Star SRRI 68
11 Aaron Pennock Tipton Argus AJPT 50
11 Justin Rumbach The Herald-Jasper JTRJ 50
13 Andrew Laker The Republic AJLC 40
13 AJ Mast Freelance AJMI 40
13 Garet Cobb Times-Mail GDCB 40
13 Heather Charles Indianapolis Star HLCI 40
13 Krista Schinagl The Herald-Jasper KJSJ 40
18 Amanda Lucier The Herald-Jasper ASLJ 36
19 Joe Garza Tribune Star JCGTH 20
20 Steve Sanchez Indianapolis Star SMSI 16
21 Tim Bath Kokomo Tribune TJBK 12
22 Joe Vitti Indianapolis Star JAVI 8
22 Robert Scheer Indianapolis Star RPSI 8
22 Chris Bergin Star Press CKBM 6
25 Darron Cummings Associated Press DJCI 4
25 Greg Griffo Indianapolis Star GJGI 4
25 Richard Sitler The Anderson Herald Bulletin RRSA 4
28 Matt Dial Indianapolis Star MZDI 2
28 Rich Janzaruk Times-Mail RVJB 2
28 Thomas Simonetti The Herald-Jasper TWSH 2

Cream of the Crop, 1st Place Multi

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Judges
Judges: Green Bay Press-Gazette; Green Bay, Wis.; Photo editor Jim Matthews, photojournalists Evan Siegle, Michael P. King, and H. Marc Larson.

F-Feature HM Place
Photographer: Denny Simmons
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Judges Comments:
Beautiful use of color, backlighting and a quiet moment.

F-Feature 1st Place
Photographer: Matt Detrich/The Indianapolis St
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Judges Comments:
A really humorous moment and the posture of the duck and the positioning of it in the composition add to it. This picture was a real surprise.

F-Feature 2nd Place
Photographer: Matt Detrich/The Indianapolis St
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Judges Comments:
Nice capture of a tender moment between friends, which the caption added significance to.

F-Feature 3rd Place
Photographer: Joel Philippsen | The Republic
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Judges Comments:
Strong composition and use of low angle and lines to show people enjoying the special place

GN-General_News 1st Place
Photographer: Joel Philippsen| The Republic
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Judges Comments:
A slightly tighter crop could have strengthened the image, but the moment between father and stepson made this image standout above all of the other pictures.

GN-General_News 2nd Place
Photographer: Charlie Nye
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Judges Comments:
Captures the drama of this debate of the state’s legislature. It puts us there and on the floor of the house.

GN-General_News 3rd Place
Photographer: Sam Riche
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Judges Comments:
A quiet moment that fits with the story and works around the identification obstacles of the situation.

Multiple_Entry 1st Place Cream of the Crop
Photographer: Matt Detrich/The Indianapolis St
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Judges Comments:
The most well-rounded collection of images in the lot. A good variety of images, strong details and moments. Could have lost a picture or two, but overall a very nice look at this man’s life and love for his craft.

Multiple_Entry 2nd Place
Photographer: Matt Detrich/The Indianapolis St
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Judges Comments:
We loved the single image that we awarded in another category, but the photographer took the unplanned event further. This was actually a collection of images that told a story and took us from beginning to end with nicely captured images.

Multiple_Entry 3rd Place
Photographer: Krista Schinagl, The Herald
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Judges Comments:
A nice documentary about this man’s craft. Not redundant and nice that the photographer captured some daily life images of Renner outside of the “workplace.”

S-Sports 1st Place
Photographer: Rob Goebel/Indianapolis Star
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Judges Comments:
Crisp and clean image with a strong moment. Go easy on the saturation, though…

S-Sports 2nd Place
Photographer: Chris Howell, The Herald-Times
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Judges Comments:
Tones, lighting and color work in this image’s favor. Trophy photos can be cliche but something about this moment is very genuine.

S-Sports 3rd Place
Photographer: AJ Mast, Freelance
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Judges Comments:
Nice lighting but a tighter crop would have made it a stronger image.