Honorable Mention: Northwest fun and adventure

Photographer: Tom Ringold, Seattle

Photo taken: April 23, Golden Gardens

Photographer's description: "This is the start of a Corinthian Yacht Club race out on Shilshole Bay. It had been cloudy all day and as the boats lined up for the start, the sun broke out! Camera was a Canon 1Ds Mark II, lens was a 100-400 Zoom at 375 mm, 1/640 second at f16."