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Heads or Tails

Jodi Frediani

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Sailboat masts in the harbor, reflected on the water’s surface and manipulated by the light and shimmering water, rival abstract paintings by the masters.

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Honorable Mention

Harbor Reflections

Our wake on a calm and foggy ocean morning

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Nominee

Liquid moguls

Three northern right whale dolphins bow ride our whale watch vessel. Unusually clear, flat seas provided a colorful palate to showcase these slender, sleek and streamlined cetaceans. Yet, even rendered in black and white, this threesome provides a striking image of silver and coal.

Bronze

Northern anchovies, swimming with gills wide open, filter plankton from the water. Standing on the wharf and shooting from above provided a unique perspective during a rarely captured moment when the fish were actively feeding in calm water just beneath the surface.