(31 entries)

Judges: Jamie Francis, Joe Walles, Bill Serne, The St. Petersburg Times Francis, a staff photographer at the Times, was recently named Region 6 Photographer of the Year by the National Press Photographers Association.

First place
MONA REEDER
The Arizona Republic
"Blue Warrior"
"A beautiful photograph and our clear winner. Screams to be looked at and it gets better when you figure it out."

Second place
PETER SCHWEPKER
The Arizona Republic
"Heavenly"
"Great mix of natural light and pops of strobe light, a technique that is not always easy. We love the picture and hope it ran BIG."

Third place
MARK HENLE
The Arizona Republic
"Returning to the Flock"
"Simple buy very effective. We love the color but all of us agree that it might even look better in black and white."

Honorable Mention
DAVID SANDERS
Arizona Daily Star
"Waterwalkers"
"Another picture that makes you want to keep looking. It seems to us like the photograph was worked until the photographer succeeded in making a cool picture."