December 14, 2010

Kyle Haggard placed second in the Norman Park Foundation Tree Photo Contest with this photo taken of Oklahoma trees west of Carmen on State Highway 45.

Kyle Haggard, printing services assistant at Northwestern Oklahoma State University, recently placed second in the Amateur Black and White category of the Norman Park Foundation Tree Photo Contest.

The purpose of this contest is to promote awareness of the beauty and many values of trees to the community and the state of Oklahoma.

The photo by Haggard, who traveled to Norman for the awards ceremony last week, was judged on originality of approach, quality of image, compostion, quality of print and presentation. Eligible categories for photo submissions were amateur black and white, amateur color, professional black and white and professional color.

Photos were on display at the First Fidelity Bank in Norman Nov. 8 through Dec. 10.

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