Awards: Honorable Mentions | Smartphone | Landscape/nature | Artistic/abstract | People in the moment | Places | Grand prize
Welcome to Desert Companion’s second annual “Focus on Nevada” photo contest. A quick note before you feast your eyes on the pages of terrific imagery that follow: This year, to bring a heightened mojo to these proceedings, we enlisted a cohort of judges — folks whose aesthetic sophistication jumped the decision-making process to a new level.
And there was plenty to judge: We received 1,442 submissions covering every conceivable permutation of our five categories: People/In the moment; artistic/abstract; landscapes/nature; places; and smartphones. The entries were strong, too; collectively they remind us what a vivid, diverse, fantastically interesting place we call home. We’re glad we had help picking the winners.
Now: enough of these words — on to the photos!
Judges: Tony Flanagan, photographer; Andrew Kiraly, Desert Companion editor; Todd-Avery Lenahan, designer; Michael Monson, photographer
2nd Place
MAX HAGUE
Professional
Camera
NIKON D800
Lens
24-70MM F/2.8G
ISO
500
Shutter Speed
125 Sec
f-stop
F/4
1st Place
SCOTT WARNER
Professional
Camera
Nikon D800
Lens
Nikkor 16-35MM Lens
ISO
250
Shutter Speed
10 Sec
f-stop
F/11