Professional Category

1st Place - Shawn Hamer - Auburn Hills, MI

September Shoreline

"The setting sun casts a warm glow on the shores of Lake Michigan as summer wanes."

2nd Place -  Mike Mikulich - Superior, WI

Sailors Smoke

"Ship anchored outside Duluth, Minnesota harbor."

3rd Place - Stacy Niedzwieki - Rockford, MI

Empire Morning

"Early October morning at Empire Beach on Lake Michigan, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Park."

Amateur Category

1st Place - Gerri Jones - Wilson, NY

Thirty Mile Point in Winter

"Thirty Mile Point Lighthouse located on Lake Ontario – Somerset NY. Photo taken this winter from a vantage point reached by narrow stairs along the lakeshore. I used ice cleats over boots to climb down the stairs in sub-zero conditions to capture my favorite lighthouse along Lake Ontario."

2nd Place - Marvil LaCroix - Silver Bay, MN

Silent Shores

"Ellingsen Island, Split Rock State Park, Two Harbors, MN"

3rd Place - Steve Baukner - Duluth, MN

Morning in Duluth

"Sunrise in Duluth, MN"