Gazette photographers selected their favorite photos from 2011.
Gazette photographer Dan Lassiter captured this image in May.‘This was my second year covering the VetsRoll return,’ Lassiter said.‘As I ran from the front to the side of the Eclipse Center, I encountered the perfect trifecta—flag wavers, fireworks and a bus. Sometimes you get lucky.’
Photo By: Dan Lassiter
Gazette Photo Editor Bill Olmsted caught this shot of Austin Atkinson reaching to take a sample of corn from a wagon he was unloading at Farm City Elevator in Orfordville on Nov. 15.‘Climbing up onto the elevator afforded a view that helped define an important part of what our story was looking at,’ Olmsted said.
Photo By: Bill Olmsted
Gazette photographer Dan Lassiter got a special shot during the Rock County 4-H Fair on July 25.‘Covering the fair annually, you tend to see many things repeat, year after year,’ Lassiter said. ‘It was nice to capture a fresh moment.’The photo shows Devin Witte, 8, of Bradford 4-H Cloverbuds as he is nibbled on the nose by a Nigerian dwarf goat that belongs to his brothers, Dylan and Dalton, while he is sitting in the goat’s pen.
Photo By: Dan Lassiter
In selecting this photo as one of his favorites of the year,Gazette Photo Editor Bill Olmsted noted it was the ‘anticipation of the ouch’ that drew his attention. In the picture, Emma Bussan, 8, takes a tumble from her mount during the mutton busting event at the Rock County 4-H Fair on July 31.
Photo By: Bill Olmsted
Gazette photographer Dan Lassiter captured this shot of horses cantoring through a gentle flurry of snowflakes in their corral at Longview Farm between Janesville and Delavan on Jan. 27.‘I really am not a big fan of snow,’ Lassiter said,‘but the snowfall made this scene so pretty it made this picture one of my favorites of the year.‘
Photo By: Dan Lassiter
Photo editor Bill Olmsted found rainwater dripping off a maple leaf showing early fall color too good to resist. ‘Sometimes, it’s best not to see the big picture,’ Olmsted noted.
