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By Andrew Harris
The suspense is over, the painstaking judging course of lastly reached a choice, and we’ve chosen the highest submission for our 2025 End of Summer contest.
Our gracious panel of native photographer geniuses, Melanie Hunt, Dan Jordan, and Chris Mattison poured over dozens of submissions. Images from throughout Western New York, the Finger Lakes Region, and the Southern Tier area made this a really tough choice for our panel. We suppose you’ll agree these are some nice “captures!!!”
Our third Place Winner is a Steuben County photographer who usually lends his skills to our cowl photograph with a variety of panorama, wildlife, and nature pictures. This picture is not only enjoyable to take a look at however enjoyable to consider!! What does a newt say to an acorn as he saunters by?
Douglas Sciorra has a present certificates from our associates on the Stillwater Pizza & Grill on Main Street Wellsville!!
The second-place picture actually proves the facility of the second when taking nice pictures. Lisa Ackerman of Hammondsport NY grabbed her digicam simply in time to catch this fireball erupting over the hillside of Keuka Lake. Our second-place winner is fortunate to have a $50 present certificates from our buddies at Hornell NY hotspot Racalto’s Restaurant!!
Our contest winner is an skilled photographer who has been revealed over 200 instances earlier than at this time!! Seasoned as she could also be, Tanarra McDermott was thrilled to listen to that she was the winner of the 2025 End of Summer contest after we known as; “you made my day!!”
Her image that we named, “Leaning Pine” not solely was the general first alternative of our panel, but additionally the overwhelming fan favourite. Tanarra defined her successful seize:
“The photo was taken in Bath NY at our family’s private property. As a photographer sometimes you can’t wait for the perfect moment or the perfect pose. Sometime the world hands you something and you take your shot. At that moment just as the sun was setting, it gave me the perfect shot. So I took it. The beauty the sky was showing me was too magnificent to let pass.”
Her winnings included a weekend keep at Hickory Hill Camping Resort in Bath NY having fun with one in every of their deluxe log cabins. On prime of that, Tanarra has a $25 present card from Giant Food Mart, which she will redeem at both Wellsville or Cuba shops.
Congrats to all our winners and all who participated within the contest. An enormous Thank You to our skilled panel of photographers, Mel – Dan – and Chris put their educated eye and inventive intuitions to good work.
The sponsors of this occasion had been very beneficiant to offer these nice prizes for excellent photographs! Thanks once more Hickory Hill, Racalto’s, Stillwater Pizza and Grill, and Giant Food Mart!
Last however not least your companions at MysticMedia.com for serving to us with all issues technical to make this straightforward to enter and handle!!
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