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Photography Portrait and Personality ( 1,001 - 1,500)Back

Place Name: First Place
Contestant Name: East Grand Forks - The Exponent
Entry Title: Turtle Dundee
Entry Credit: Bruce B Brierley
Judge Comment: Close call between this and second place. Would have liked to have seen photog a little closer to subject. He has so many lines in his face that bring charachter to the photo.
Place Name: Second Place
Contestant Name: Monticello Times
Entry Title: Mural is a gift to those who served
Entry Credit: Jeffrey Hage
Judge Comment: Nice portrait, but could have used a lot more contrast to make it pop. In the newspaper cropping, the subject was too close to the right edge of photo. Opened the original and found him to be centered. Somewhere in-between would have been more pleasing to the eye. Remember the rule of thirds.It'd been around forever, but still works.
Place Name: Third Place
Contestant Name: Hinckley News
Entry Title: Local business stays focused
Entry Credit: Jamie Lund
Judge Comment: Not a bad portrait, may have benefitted from a little looser crop and a little less highlight on the subject. May even have subtly suggested that the subject put on a shirt to cover her shoulders.
Competition Comment: Category had very few true portrait/personality entries. Winners seemed to care about doing a good portrait.