Sunrise Photo Wins SHPOA Contest

Posted November 13th 2023

Becky Carfagno’s image of a sunrise over cresting waves was voted the winner of the Stone Harbor Property Owners Association photo contest. Carfagno, from Blue Bell, Pa., is a homeowner in Stone Harbor. She snapped the winning photo “in the water” on 83rd Street, and said her favorite things about Stone Harbor are the sunrises and the sunsets.

Second place went to Sydney Bauer and third to Kristina Fransisco. Winners were announced at the SHPOA fall membership meeting on Sept. 9.

To choose the winner, a panel of independent judges selected 12 finalists from more than 190 entries. The finalists’ images were then put up online for voting. There were 660 voters who decided the top three. Gift cards were awarded: $250 for first place, $150 for second, and $100 for third.

“SHPOA started the photo contest eight years ago to promote what a lot of us already know,” said Scott Jarden, who has been running the contest for three years. “Stone Harbor is a beautiful place, and what better way to capture that than in pictures? The contest is open to all, as long as the photos were taken in Stone Harbor and in that year.”

Photo caption: Becky Carfagno’s winning photo