Attn. readers: We have two weeks of Your Patch of Michigan 2012 winners to announce.
First up, our winner: Congrats to Lisa Seal for her picture of the historic Corktown neighborhood in Detroit. Our judges loved the slice of history with the old Victorian storefronts and the homage to Tigers' heroes in the background. The judges also loved that it shows one of Detroit's new hotspots, Slow's Bar-BQ, and the bright colors on the re-energized block of Michigan Avenue.
Lisa says of the pic: "The picture was taken during the Corktown 5K run on March 13th. My husband was running, while we were waiting for him to come in we spent time taking pictures of the area. It was such a cold grey day the colors of the buildings on Michigan Ave just popped!"
And then we have Week 9's winner: Holly Awwad shared a darling photo of her two girls fishing on a family camping trip. One judge called the photo "too cute for words." Simply put, many Michiganders grow up with memories like this on our wonderful lakes, and this photo beautifully captures that feeling.
From Holly: "The photo was taken at the Metamora-Hadley Recreation in Metamora, MI area on July 14, 2012. We were taking our very first camping trip as a family and decided to go fishing over by one of their docks. We also had a lot of other family with us as well. Their Uncle Jeff rented a row boat to take the girls out fishing in, and they couldn't wait a few minutes for us to go out so they boarded to boat early and started fishing while it was sitting ashore. It was the perfect photo opportunity before they put on their life jackets and launched out. My youngest ended up catching the most fish that day and she was a very proud little girl!"
How do you enter? Check your Michigan Patch each week this summer for a chance to win. You can .
After Labor Day, we'll pick a grand prize winner from all of the weekly winners.
The grand prize winner will receive a certificate for a two-night stay at Mission Point Resort on Mackinac Island (to be used before Oct. 31, 2013, and blackout dates and other restrictions may apply). The approximate retail value of the Grand Prize is $600.
You can view all of our weekly champs so far in
Yolanda, I'm especially disappointed in your remarks. Insinuating that someone ought to call Child Protective Services? Did you even read the portion of the article pertaining to the photo which states the boat is still on shore? perhaps you should worry more about taking care of your macbook pro and iPhone before preaching responsibility to people who already know what they are doing.
P.S. keep making happy memories with them so they don't grow to be bitter adults ;) The Detroit pic is very nice too. Very colorful! Good luck to both of you!
a bog like this is a great place to fish, even without bate you would get a nibble.
I do urge everyone to refrain from personal attacks. Appreciation of photography is definitely subjective, but making it personal is another matter. The idea of this contest is to showcase your favorite "Patch" of Michigan. For this particular photographer, this photo represented one of their favorite places, which we're sure they love for their own reasons. :)
Yolanda, A.W. and Stephanie – STOP. Now. Your trolling comments are negative, accusatory, contributing absolutely NOTHING of value to the conversation, and they are clearly violating our Terms of Use (troy.patch.com/terms), which I highly suggest you read over ASAP. This is your one and only warning to be respectful of other posters or you WILL be banned from Patch. Thank you.
And I like the quick version of our Terms of Use: “Keep it clean,” “Don’t try to trick people,” and “Treat others as you’d like to be treated."
People just need to chill out and tone it down. This contest is supposed to be fun and celebratory of Michigan's treasures, not negative and accusatory.
Great adorable photo!
Excellent image! For a landscape or "scenic" picture you did many things spot on. Namely, a point of interest in the foreground and a defined background. The reflection of the trees in the pond/lake work nicely to fill the middle ground. You use of the rule of thirds for the foreground subjects, the boat frames them nicely and the leading lines and angles in the background work well too. As a bonus your subjects were wearing bright colors to make them pop out from the scene. So, don't take the negative comments to heart. It's just sour grapes!
So glad you won!!