Shoot Dyer County winners announced

Doris Robison won Best of Show for her photo 'Layla Loves Brady.' [Click to enlarge]

The contest had 115 entries divided into six categories.

The winners are as follows:

This photo titled 'Court House Under Siege' won first in the Historic category. [Click to enlarge]

Landscapes

1st Place - David Grueser -"The Long Winding Road"

2nd Place - Chris Ann Palmer - "Wasp"

'My Grace' earned Callye Norsworthy first place in the People category. [Click to enlarge]

3rd Place - Kaitlin Cowart - "A Walk to the Pond"

Agriculture

1st Place - Patrick Heckethorne - "Sunset On a Farm"

'Sunset On a Farm' was the top pick in the Agriculture category. [Click to enlarge]

2nd Place - Kelley Seaton

3rd Place - Callye Norsworthy

Historic

Winning first in Landscapes was 'The Long Winding Road.' [Click to enlarge]

1st Place - Hunter Todd - "Court House Under Siege"

2nd Place - Jessica Davis - "Ray's Liquor Store Newbern, Tenn."

3rd Place - Patrick Heckethorne - "First United Methodist Church in the Late Afternoon"

This photo of a dog competing in the Super Retriever Series won first place in the Pets category. [Click to enlarge]

People

1st Place - Callye Norsworthy - "My Grace"

2nd Place - Shelia Taylor - "The Fire"

Robert White's entry 'Remembered' won in the Photoshop category. [Click to enlarge]

3rd Place - David Hayes

Pets

1st Place - David Hayes

2nd Place - Jessica Davis - "Handy the Barn Cat"

3rd Place - Doris Robison - "Layla Loves Brady"

Photoshop

1st Place - Robert White - "Remembered"

2nd Place - Kelley Seaton

Best of Show

Doris Robison - "Layla Loves Brady"

David Grueser is a senior at Dyersburg High School and won first place in the Landscapes category. "Patrick (Heckethorne) and I went around taking pictures one day. He was taking pictures on the road between The Farms and Lakewood and I saw the barbed wire and thought I would take a picture of it," said Grueser.

Winning first place in the Historic category was Hunter Todd. He is a sophomore at Dyersburg High School. "It (photography) has never been a hobby, but I like taking pictures," said Todd. "I was out one night and had a few different things in mind as far as shots. I took a lot of different shots and went back over them."

Todd said he came up with the name of the photo and wonders why the cannons are pointing toward the courthouse, rather than away. Todd was asked what type of camera he used to take the winning photograph. "It wasn't a specialty camera at all," said Todd. "If they have another contest I'll definitely enter it again. It was fun doing it."

The winner of the People category was Callye Norsworthy, of Trimble. Photography is one of her hobbies and the subject of her photograph was her daughter, Grace. "She was playing in the fountain at my in-law's home in Newbern and I shot the picture," said Norsworthy. "She is one of the best photo subjects." The camera Norsworthy used was a Nikon D 60 and when asked if she would enter the contest again, her reply was "absolutely".

David Hayes, of Dyersburg, won first place in the Pets category with his photo of a splash dog. The photo op presented itself to Hayes when he coordinated the Super Retriever Series at the fairgrounds with the Chamber of Commerce. "I thought it was a unique view," said Hayes. The unique view paid off for a photo Hayes wasn't even considering entering into the contest. Also, he has plans to enter the contest again next year and plans on getting Dyer County High School involved. "It's a hobby you can have for a lifetime," said Hayes.

Jeff Roush, president of the Dyersburg/Dyer County Photography Club is satisfied with the way that the photography contest turned out. "With 500 ballots used for the Best of Show and 115 entries I consider it a success," said Roush. "We are planning on getting the next one under way in a few months. Also, I want to thank the community, students and parents who put in the effort to get the entries in and congratulations on the outstanding work. I also want to extend a public acknowledgement to the judges from Lambuth University that took time out of their busy schedule to come and judge the photographs."