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By Miriam Raftery, Editor, East County Magazine
July 4, 2017 (San Diego’s East County) – The votes are in! Congratulations to the winners in our East County Photography Contest. Below are the winners, chosen by our readers from semi-finalists selected by our editorial staff. The first place winner in each category will be displayed at the State Capitol, courtesy of Assemblyman Randy Voepel. The top four winners in each category are published in our East County Magazine article below.
Due to the large volume of high-quality entries, we added extra categories to allow more winners. The categories are wildlife, landmarks, communities, close-ups, people, landscapes, waterscapes, sunsets and regional.
Congratulations to our winners! We thank all who entered, and hope all of our readers will enjoy viewing the amazing works of these talented local photographers! View winners:
Category Place Photographer Title
Wildlife 1 Debbie Ekhaml Breakfast pounce: coyote hunting, National Wildlife Refuge, Jamul
Wildlife 2 Debbie Ekhaml Territorial dispute: Coyotes, National Wildlife Refugee, Jamul
Wildlife 3 Debbie Ekhaml Racooons at National Wildlife Refugee, Jamul
Wildlife 4 (tie) Jonathan Knight Desert Bighorn Sheep, Anza-Borrego Desert
Wildlife 4 (tie) Billy Ortiz Coyote, El Monte Valley in Lakeside
Landmarks 1 Stephen Wheeler Scorpion Sculpture, Borrego Springs
Landmarks 2 David Bailey Desert View Tower, Jacumba Hot Springs
Landmarks 3 Blayne Goring Steele Canyon Bridge
Landmarks 4 Kristin Kjaero Dragon sculpture, Borrego Springs
Communities 1 Mary Sasso Julian shops
Communities 2 Mary Sasso Mom’s Apple Pies, Julian
Communities 3 Suzanne Mullins Fireworks viewed from Alta Lane in El Cajon
Communities 4 Kristin Kjaero Stained glass at James Hubble house in Santa Ysabel
Close-ups 1 Adrianna Costello Mushrooms on a tree, El Cajon
Close-ups 2 Tiffany McKinney Cactus flower, Pine Valley
Close-ups 3 Mikayla Jardines Dandelion in sun’s rays
Close-ups 4 Katie Ash Water fountain, Granite Hills High School, El Cajon
People 1 Jim Carreta Alex above Big Spring
People 2 Kristin Kjaero Foundry pour, San Diego State University
People 3 Kristin Kjaero Barona Powwow
People 4 Julia Tomkins Friends: Mount Laguna
Landscapes 1 Jan Hedlun Morning meditations, Potrero
Landscapes 2 Jonathan Knight Golden hour on Mount Laguna
Landscapes 3 Stephen Wheeler Julian Meadow
Landscapes 4 Les Merrill Sand, ocotillo flowers, mountains and sky in Anza-Borrego Desert
Waterscapes 1 Dylan Darley Ducks on Lake
Waterscapes 2 Seth Petri Mission Trails Regional Park near Padre Dam
Waterscapes 3 Garrett Blake Waterfall at Mission Trails Regional Park
Waterscapes 4 Tom Andrewson San Vicente Reservoir
Sunsets 1 Karla Shulander Descanso sky on fire
Sunsets 2 Jonathan Knight Pink lemonade sky: East County mountains
Sunsets 3 Karla Shulander Descanso sunset
Sunsets 4 Dennis Volz Twilight sky
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BONUS CATEGORY: These were in our Southern California region but outside of East County, so not within the contest rules. But several were so beautiful that we decided to share the bset of these for your enjoyment.
Regional 1 Beth Hennenberg Rainbow Mountain at Salton Sea
Regoinal 2 Jason Mulick Beachin’
Regional 3 Stephen Wheeler Outback stakeout: desert in Imperial County
Regional 4 Arian James Desert dunes
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