Over time, our images won a magazine cover and became part of several competitions. During the year, we work with a single judge processing camera club digital entries. At the end of each ELCC Club year, Members choose prints and digital images in several categories. In the summer, printed entries are entered in a juried competition at State Fair level.
When selected images receive judge’s critical acclaim, they appear briefly in our Awards Category.
In the past, our website has been an early indication of individual image popularity and critical acclaim. Much of this acclaim comes from Smugmug and its band of happy photographers! To celebrate that acclaim, we share our Awards…
Bisti Badlands was our first image to become Worthy Of Merit. Cover - New Mexico Magazine, January, 2006, with the inscription
“From more than 1000 entrants, we selected Albuquerque entrant Joe Bridwell’s shot of the Bisti Badlands for this month’s cover!”
When selected images receive judge’s critical acclaim, they appear briefly in our Awards Category.
In the past, our website has been an early indication of individual image popularity and critical acclaim. Much of this acclaim comes from Smugmug and its band of happy photographers! To celebrate that acclaim, we share our Awards…
Bisti Badlands was our first image to become Worthy Of Merit. Cover - New Mexico Magazine, January, 2006, with the inscription
“From more than 1000 entrants, we selected Albuquerque entrant Joe Bridwell’s shot of the Bisti Badlands for this month’s cover!”
Dawn's Early Light
Driving north before dawn, departing storm clouds began to break up. Scrambling up the slope of Wilson arch, near Moab, Utah, I was excited to see the first sun's golden rays clearly grace distant southern mountains. Excitement reached a new peak as I precariously balanced on the steep slope to quickly shoot two hand-held, raw images.
Original raw images appeared flat, with relatively subdued colors. Initial digital processing used Pixel Genius Photokit Sharpener to capture sharpen with a medium brush using Photoshop CS3. A creative sharpening brush was then used at an opacity of 30% to outline the rocks. The quick selection tool easily captured just the sky to create a mask where color burn used an opacity of 26%. Final processing included a channel mixer action to create lustrous rock colors at an opacity of 33%.
Dawn's Early Light received a 1st-place, Enchanted Lens Camera Club, May 15, 2008, from Phyllis Crossley.
Driving north before dawn, departing storm clouds began to break up. Scrambling up the slope of Wilson arch, near Moab, Utah, I was excited to see the first sun's golden rays clearly grace distant southern mountains. Excitement reached a new peak as I precariously balanced on the steep slope to quickly shoot two hand-held, raw images.
Original raw images appeared flat, with relatively subdued colors. Initial digital processing used Pixel Genius Photokit Sharpener to capture sharpen with a medium brush using Photoshop CS3. A creative sharpening brush was then used at an opacity of 30% to outline the rocks. The quick selection tool easily captured just the sky to create a mask where color burn used an opacity of 26%. Final processing included a channel mixer action to create lustrous rock colors at an opacity of 33%.
Dawn's Early Light received a 1st-place, Enchanted Lens Camera Club, May 15, 2008, from Phyllis Crossley.
Dawn's Early Light
Driving north before dawn, departing storm clouds began to break up. Scrambling up the slope of Wilson arch, near Moab, Utah, I was excited to see the first sun's golden rays clearly grace distant southern mountains. Excitement reached a new peak as I precariously balanced on the steep slope to quickly shoot two hand-held, raw images.
Original raw images appeared flat, with relatively subdued colors. Initial digital processing used Pixel Genius Photokit Sharpener to capture sharpen with a medium brush using Photoshop CS3. A creative sharpening brush was then used at an opacity of 30% to outline the rocks. The quick selection tool easily captured just the sky to create a mask where color burn used an opacity of 26%. Final processing included a channel mixer action to create lustrous rock colors at an opacity of 33%.
Dawn's Early Light received a 1st-place, Enchanted Lens Camera Club, May 15, 2008, from Phyllis Crossley.
Driving north before dawn, departing storm clouds began to break up. Scrambling up the slope of Wilson arch, near Moab, Utah, I was excited to see the first sun's golden rays clearly grace distant southern mountains. Excitement reached a new peak as I precariously balanced on the steep slope to quickly shoot two hand-held, raw images.
Original raw images appeared flat, with relatively subdued colors. Initial digital processing used Pixel Genius Photokit Sharpener to capture sharpen with a medium brush using Photoshop CS3. A creative sharpening brush was then used at an opacity of 30% to outline the rocks. The quick selection tool easily captured just the sky to create a mask where color burn used an opacity of 26%. Final processing included a channel mixer action to create lustrous rock colors at an opacity of 33%.
Dawn's Early Light received a 1st-place, Enchanted Lens Camera Club, May 15, 2008, from Phyllis Crossley.
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