And the People’s Choice Award goes to…
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Written by: LT Connie Braesch
After collecting more than 4,587 votes (amazing!) for this year’s People’s Choice Award for the Coast Guard Photo Contest the votes have been tallied and the results are in…  Drum roll please…..
LTJG Christopher O’Meara is the elected victorious winner!  His photo received 235 votes and an average rating of 4.23 out of 5 stars.
This photo by LTJG Christopher O’Meara is the winning image of the People's Choice Award with 235 votes and an average rating of 4.23 out of 5 stars (click the image for a higher resolution photo).
Interestingly enough, the top three photos are all of Coast Guard cutters. The two runner’s up are (in order of rating):
This photo by MK2 Joshua Cook is the first runner up with 243 votes and an average rating of 4.12 out of 5 stars (click the image for a higher resolution photo).
This photo by FS1 Douglas A. VanKampen is the second runner up with 288 votes and an average rating of 4.08 out of 5 stars (click the image for a higher resolution photo).
Congratulations to the winning photos and thank-you to everyone who participated in the contest including those that submitted the amazing shots and those that voted online. If you missed your chance to vote, click here to see all the amazing photos.
Stay tuned for the next contest…
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