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Check out the top photos in our Winning Images contest. Please?

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17years ofwinners!

Our annual photography contest continues to showcase

the best images from Central Coast photographers

Judith Hildinger, Phantom Owl, Best of show, and first Place, adult, animals

Dorothy Cutter, Before the Storm, Judge’s Pick, adult, travel

Mary Anne Anderson, Musician, San Miguel De Allende, Mexico, Judge’s Pick, adult, travel

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W e received 598 entries for the 17th annual Winning Images contest this year, and the competition was fi erce. This year, our staff decided to expand the contest

to incorporate the territory covered by New Times’ sister paper in Santa Barbara County, the Sun. The categories were changed slightly, but as in past years, the genres that received the most entries were Land and Seascapes, Travel, and People. As in past years, the entry fee of $5 per image was used entirely for a $3,000 prize pool for all the winners, which makes this contest unique among photo contests nationwide. The cover shot is by Jen Olson, Untitled. Serving as judges were The Photoshop owner, Peggy Mesler; Cal Poly Art Gallery director Jeff Van Kleeck; and local painter Lena Rushing. As an employee of the company, I don’t serve as judge, but I do coordinate the setup, help the judges in the case of a tie vote, and tally the results. My go-to man for the night was the eminently capable jack of all trades, New Times employee Tadhg Morrison. Everyone involved in the process picked one favorite picture out of the whole batch that didn’t win anything in any other category, and although Morrison and I weren’t judges, we’re calling all fi ve favorite pictures “Judge’s Picks.” Enjoy the show! ❍

Send comments to Staff Photographer Steve E. Miller at semiller@newtimesslo.com.

Skip Moss, Light, JUDGE’S PICK, ADULT, TRAVEL

Daniel Kuras, Poolside Perro, JUDGE’S PICK, ADULT, ANIMALS

Sabina Miklowitz, Rosebud, JUDGE’S PICK, ADULT, PEOPLE

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Adam Paine, Central Park in Snow, Third Place, adulT, Travel

San Luis Obispo native Peggy Mesler is a photographer and owner of The PhotoShop

in SLO. She shares her appreciation and knowledge of photography with customers, clients, and friends. Peggy graduated with

a journalism degree from Cal

Poly, and opened The PhotoShop

in 1995. Her interests include

gardening, hiking, and

birding, and her favorite

photographic subject is people.

Jeff Van Kleeck runs Cal Poly’s University Art Gallery. He received a master of fine arts degree in photography and has studied photography under Jerry Uelsmann, Robert Glenn Ketchum, Keith Carter, John Sexton, Jerry Spagnoli, Jim Stone, Christopher Burkett, William Neill, and Bruce Barnbaum. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, in such locations as New York, Madison, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Brazil. His work can also be seen in the book, Exploring Color Photography: From Film to Pixels, fifth edition, by Robert Hirsch of Focal Press.

Formerly from Southern California, Lena Rushing has called the Central Coast

home for 16 years. She’s best known for her large-scale figure paintings. Her aim

is to connect with the public through art, and she supports a variety of local

nonprofit organizations by offering work for fundraising

events, while volunteering

her time by sharing

lessons in art with children

at her neighborhood

school. Her work has been showing in San Luis Obispo group and solo art shows for more than a decade. Honest and authentic, her intent

is to create vibrant, intriguing works of art that encourage the viewer to engage in art-

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Nancy Koren, Flower Dance, Third Place, adulT, Flora

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Spencer Caserio, Perty Flower, Third Place, YouTh, oPen

Sabina Miklowitz, Two Fridas, Third Place, adulT, oPen

Wade Moxley, Hot Air Balloon View, Creston, Third Place, adulT, land/SeaScaPe

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Adam Paine, Face Time, Second Place, adult, PeoPle

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Donna Johnson, Lost Art, Second Place, adult, oPen

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Bob Canepa, Hospital View, third Place, adult, architecture

Skip Moss, Mandala, Second Place, adult, Flora

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All of our winners, including Honorable Mentions, will be

featured in a slideshowVisit our website to view a slideshow of all the winning images, including the

Honorable Mentions from each category.

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Alice Cahill, Kitchen at the Lighthouse, Second Place, adult, architecture

Bob Canepa, So Raven, Second Place, adult, travel

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Alice Cahill, Misty Waves, Second Place, adult, land/SeaScaPe

Dez Cobb, Untitled, THIRD PLACE, ADULT, ANIMALS

Teddy Llovet, Make Room for Me, SECOND PLACE, ADULT, ANIMALS

Laura Dienzo, Under the Street Performer,

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Donna Johnson, The Standout, First Place, adult, Flora

Brenda Maltese, Spanish Eyes, third Place, adult, PeoPle

Mauria Nakamura, Under Pressure, second Place, Youth, oPen

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Sabina Miklowitz, Elegance, First Place, adult, PeoPle

Cheryl Strahl, Waterfall on the Rocks, First Place, adult, travel

Noah Neva, Empty Airs, First Place, Youth, oPen

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Jonathan Shapiro, Center for Science and Mathematics, Cal Poly, First Place, adult, architecture

Lance Kinney, Late Spring Storm, avila Beach, First Place, adult, land/seascaPe