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Focus on Nevada:People/in the moment

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.

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Now: enough of these words — on to the photos!

Judges: Camila Deribeprey, fashion blogger; Bill Hughes, photographer; Jerry Metellus, photographer; Victor Rodriguez, creative director; Dana Satterwhite, gallerist; Christopher Smith, Desert Companion art director

2nd Place
JEFF SCHEID
Professional

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Camera
Cannon EOS-1D Mark IV

Lens
200 MM

ISO
160

Shutter Speed
1/320

f-stop
F/8

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1st Place
MATTHEW CARTER
Professional

Camera
NIKON D7100

Lens
Nikon AFS 24-70 F/2.8

ISO
640

Shutter Speed
1/6400

f-stop
F/8