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Eldersburg Photo Contest Winners Reception Click here to view the 2009 winners
Eldersburg photo artists showed in force Friday evening at the town's Carroll County Public Library branch to see who rose as the crème de la crème in the 5th annual Eldersburg Photo Contest.
"We've been pleasantly surprised over the beauty, the variety, the full spectrum," Allen commented on the submitted photographs. "Every year it does not get easier to choose the winners." "It's great to see people's enthusiasm," Joyner added.
Returning winners from last year's contest were Cara Patten, Alexandra Ward and Tobie Abbajay. New winners were Rob Armstrong, Justin Nixon, William Lack, Hannah Shuman, Amanda Johnson and Zach Renken. Abbajay, A Sykesville resident who placed third overall last year with her shot of a carnival swing ride, this year placed first in the landscape category and first overall with her shot of a tranquil Piney Run lake scene (http://www.eldersburg.net/photocontest2009/winners/overall_winner-l33.asp). She netted a total of $125 worth of prizes.
She added that the lake shot had a fair bit of luck involved with it. "I'm sure if I go again next year I won't be so lucky." Placing second overall and first in the people category was Justin Nixon's shot of a boy jumping from a swing (http://www.eldersburg.net/photocontest2009/winners/overall_winner-p2.asp). This capture of a seemingly death-defying act earned Nixon $75 in awards altogether. Third place overall and second place landscape finisher Cara Patten succeeded in turning an ordinary cornfield into a mystical path with her shot of a natural tunnel made by corn stalks (http://www.eldersburg.net/photocontest2009/winners/overall_winner-l25.asp). Her playing with perspective earned her a cool $40 in prizes.
"Every time it rains the camera and Zach are gone," his father joked. But not everyone in attendance was a winner. First time entrant Brittany Prouser, a Liberty High School student, entered four photos total in the contest, all in the landscape category, but saw none place. With 91 total entries this category was by far the most competitive and largest, dwarfing the next largest, the people category, by about 60. |
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The event, sponsored by the Carroll Eagle and Eldersburg.net,
saw approximately 30 people in attendance as it got underway at 5:30 p.m.
There were about 60 entrants in the contest overall. Jon Allen of
Eldersburg.net and Jim Joyner of the Eagle were present to host the event
and hand out awards.
The winners
"I just enjoy taking pictures," said Abbajay, mentioning that she mostly
photographed family portraits. "I was a little surprised, pleasantly
surprised."
Zach Renken, a Century High School student, placed fourth
overall and placed both second and third in the still life category, netting
him $50 in prizes. His overall winning photograph was an angled shot of a
street sign
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