Editorial: Editorial Photography : Carl D. Walsh Photographer: Portrait Photography : Natural History Photographer

The first two swimmers, of nearly 2000, stroke towards the shore during the first leg of the Ironman Triathlon 70.3 in Old Orchard Beach. Shot for The Portland Press Herald.

People use scythe to clear the fields during Farm & Homestead Day at the Common Ground Fairgrounds in Unity, Maine. Shot for The Portland Press Herald.

Maine legislator, farmer and fierce advocate for Maine's sustainability movement, Craig Hickman smiles while picking garlic scapes on his Annabessacook Farm in Winthrop. Shot for The Portland Press Herald.

Commercial ground fishermen Tim Rider (L) and Andy Santoriello (R) clean 600 lbs of haddock, pollock, cod and cusk in just over 30 minutes, on the way back from a fishing outing 61 miles out in the Gulf of Maine. Shot for The Portland Press Herald.

Gray-New Gloucester Middle School students enjoy a ride on the Sea Dragon during a special physics class field trip to Funtown USA in Saco, Maine. After experiencing each ride the student's assignment was to analyze the physics behind it. Shot for The Portland Press Herald.

The Big House is prominent on the point of Swindle Island in the coastal fjords of British Columbia, Canada.

A scale model of Saturn is set against northern Maine skies. Shot for Smithsonian magazine.

The Great Northern Paper Mill in Millinocket is set against northern Maine sky. US News & World Report magazine.

White water rafters navigate Class 3 water on Maine's Kennebec River. Shot for Time magazine.

Julia May digs buried cars from the snow in her Ocean Park, Maine driveway during a blizzard which dumped over three feet of snow. Shot for The Portland Press Herald.

Eric Frazier trains for the Paralympics at the Outdoor Center at Pineland Farms in New Gloucester, Maine. Shot for The Portland Press Herald.

University of Southern Maine students from Nepal, the first time ever being in snow, joyously throw snow all over each other in Portland, Maine's Deering Oaks Park. Shot for The Portland Press Herald.

Lewistons Alex Rivet scores the teams third goal of the second period, against Falmouth goalie Spencer Pierce and defenseman Reece Armitage right, during the Class A State Championship game at the Colisee in Lewiston, Maine. Shot for The Portland Press Herald.

Glass blower Joseph Webster shapes a glass he is creating in his Biddeford, Maine studio. Shot for Portland Press Herald.

Sisters Hamdi Sheikh, Fardowsa Mohamed,and Aisha Mukhtar cheer for their sister Maryan Mukhtar who had just received a degree in Liberal Studies during the Southern Maine Community College commencement at Cross Insurance Arena in Portland, Maine. Shot for The Portland Press Herald.

Marine skeleton articulators reconstruct pectoral flippers of a sperm whale for the Nantucket Whaling Museum.

A daughter and mother look at brook trout in the large fish tank at LL Bean in Freeport. Shot for Down East magazine.

Bowdoin College Pholosophy professor Denis Corish conducts the Nature of Scientific Thought class on the Brunswick, Maine campus. Shot for US News & World Report's Best Colleges.

Members of St. Lukes (Episcopal) Cathedral recess after a ceremony to unveil the newly restored 14' rose window during a ceremony. Shot for The Portland Press Herald.

Bob and Trish Evans practice their tandem pin juggling routine in Portland, Maine's Deering Oaks Park. The couple, high school teachers on a one year leave from Wisconsin, are traveling through Maine as part of a cross-country trip. Shot for The Portland Press Herald.

Mourners gather round a candlelight vigil for Treyjon Arsenault, 19 of Westbrook, on a public basketball court where he often played. Treyjon was caught in the crossfire of a gun conflict while at a Portland, Maine recording studio. Shot for The Portland Press Herald.

A harris hawk readies to land on the glove of Green Mountain Falconry's Rob Waite. Shot for Yankee Magazine.

A curious golden retriever comes over to fisherman J Desrochers of Saco who is trying to do a little sight ice fishing at Kennebunk Pond in Lyman, Maine. Shot for The Portland Press Herald.

A man lights his way into an igloo he built as a winter fort, as his dog waits outside the other end. Shot for the Journal Tribune.

Friends and classmates of Freeport (Maine) High School lacrosse player Steel Crawford, solemnly listen in as Crawford is memorialized during a fund raising lacrosse tournament. Shot for The Portland Press Herald.

The American flag, displayed on a Moulton home in Gorham, Maine refracts through raindrops on a windshield during a rainy day. Shot for The Portland Press Herald.

St. Joseph College right fielder flips over the fence while trying to catch a foul ball vs. the University of Southern Maine, in college baseball action in Standish, Maine. Shot for The Portland Press Herald.