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!”
Lavender Dawn
Pre-dawn light can be some of the softest, most enticing light on earth. A barchan dune field at White Sands, New Mexico, has been swept clean by wind. Wind’s action created a gorgeous sweep of sand. The dune's horns point in the direction of wind motion ~ from the northeast.
The sun has not topped mountains east of Alamogordo. Yet, its reflection off the downwind dune face is a slightly lighter pink. The upwind face, part of the sky, and the region embraced by the horns is a darker, almost lavender color. The clouds capture direct light adding a lively golden warmth to this image.
I really love the pastel subtlety as light's tone varies while softly coloring White Sands and the sky mauves and lavenders. It's almost as if someone dipped a cosmic spoon into a bowl of the most tasty ice cream... one can even see little raisin-like remnants for the next bite.
Lavender Dawn received 2nd Place, Story/Mood, Member's Choice, Enchanted Lens Camera Club, Annual Banquet, June 21, 2008.
Pre-dawn light can be some of the softest, most enticing light on earth. A barchan dune field at White Sands, New Mexico, has been swept clean by wind. Wind’s action created a gorgeous sweep of sand. The dune's horns point in the direction of wind motion ~ from the northeast.
The sun has not topped mountains east of Alamogordo. Yet, its reflection off the downwind dune face is a slightly lighter pink. The upwind face, part of the sky, and the region embraced by the horns is a darker, almost lavender color. The clouds capture direct light adding a lively golden warmth to this image.
I really love the pastel subtlety as light's tone varies while softly coloring White Sands and the sky mauves and lavenders. It's almost as if someone dipped a cosmic spoon into a bowl of the most tasty ice cream... one can even see little raisin-like remnants for the next bite.
Lavender Dawn received 2nd Place, Story/Mood, Member's Choice, Enchanted Lens Camera Club, Annual Banquet, June 21, 2008.
Lavender Dawn
Pre-dawn light can be some of the softest, most enticing light on earth. A barchan dune field at White Sands, New Mexico, has been swept clean by wind. Wind’s action created a gorgeous sweep of sand. The dune's horns point in the direction of wind motion ~ from the northeast.
The sun has not topped mountains east of Alamogordo. Yet, its reflection off the downwind dune face is a slightly lighter pink. The upwind face, part of the sky, and the region embraced by the horns is a darker, almost lavender color. The clouds capture direct light adding a lively golden warmth to this image.
I really love the pastel subtlety as light's tone varies while softly coloring White Sands and the sky mauves and lavenders. It's almost as if someone dipped a cosmic spoon into a bowl of the most tasty ice cream... one can even see little raisin-like remnants for the next bite.
Lavender Dawn received 2nd Place, Story/Mood, Member's Choice, Enchanted Lens Camera Club, Annual Banquet, June 21, 2008.
Pre-dawn light can be some of the softest, most enticing light on earth. A barchan dune field at White Sands, New Mexico, has been swept clean by wind. Wind’s action created a gorgeous sweep of sand. The dune's horns point in the direction of wind motion ~ from the northeast.
The sun has not topped mountains east of Alamogordo. Yet, its reflection off the downwind dune face is a slightly lighter pink. The upwind face, part of the sky, and the region embraced by the horns is a darker, almost lavender color. The clouds capture direct light adding a lively golden warmth to this image.
I really love the pastel subtlety as light's tone varies while softly coloring White Sands and the sky mauves and lavenders. It's almost as if someone dipped a cosmic spoon into a bowl of the most tasty ice cream... one can even see little raisin-like remnants for the next bite.
Lavender Dawn received 2nd Place, Story/Mood, Member's Choice, Enchanted Lens Camera Club, Annual Banquet, June 21, 2008.
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