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FIRST PLACE FEATURE PHOTO "Frosty window": Press Herald staff photographer Gabe Souza made this photograph of two children looking out a frost-covered bus window.
SECOND PLACE SCENIC PHOTO "Ice Bush": Staff photographer John Ewing made this February 14, 2014 photo of ice encasing a wild rose bush that frames a view of Portland Head Light in Cape Elizabeth following a winter storm.
SECOND PLACE FEATURE PHOTO "Bridge Jump": Peter Jordan, 13, of Portland, does a flip off a bridge at Shaws Park in Windham while visiting the area with Begonia Science Camp. Staff photographer Derek Davis made the image on Friday, July 12, 2013.
THIRD PLACE NEWS PHOTO "Protest": Theodora J. Kalikow, right, University of Southern Maine President, speaks with three students that showed up when she made herself available to discuss the proposed cuts at the University Monday, March 24, 2014 in this photo made by Press Herald staff photographer Shawn Patrick Ouellette.
THIRD PLACE PEOPLE PHOTO "Don Gean": Press Herald staff photographer Shawn Patrick Ouellette made this photo of Don Gean, 71, the leader who spent a career transforming the York County Shelter Programs who returned to where it all began three decades ago, the crumbling jail in Alfred where homeless people had stained mattresses to sleep on and little else.
SECOND PLACE SPORTS PHOTO "Celebration": Portland Press Herald staff photographer Gabe Souza captured this photo of Cony senior Anthony Moore celebrates with his teammates after defeating Brunswick in the Eastern Class B semifinal Friday, Nov. 15, 2013.
BEST SCENIC PHOTO "Thunder Hole": Ashlee Stradtman and Justin Downs brace themselves as a wave crashes into Thunder Hole at Acadia National Park in Bar Harbor on Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014. Staff photographer Michael G. Seamans made this photo of the scenic spot for the Morning Sentinel.
BEST NEWS PHOTO "Fire and ice": Ice hangs in the trees as an excavator operator sifts through burning rubble where a warehouse burned earlier in the day in Waterville on Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2013. Staff photographer Michael G. Seamans made this photograph for the Morning Sentinel following a fire that destroyed a historic building in Waterville.