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!” http://bistiart.smugmug.com/Awards/Awards/BistiBadlandsMatte2x3VDSCN0890/124993865_XkYv3-Ti-2.jpg http://bistiart.smugmug.com/gallery/2369171_N2dsp/ 2009-06-01T00:40:17Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://bistiart.smugmug.com">BistiArt</a><br />Bisti Badlands One autumn mid-afternoon, my path branched and I began a new road. As I look back now, it's very reminiscent of Robert Frost's immortal lines, "Two roads diverged in the woo ...</p><p><a href="http://bistiart.smugmug.com/Awards/Awards/2369171_N2dsp#124993865_XkYv3" title="Bisti Badlands One autumn mid-afternoon, my path branched and I began a new road. As I look back now, it's very reminiscent of Robert Frost's immortal lines, "Two roads diverged in the woo ..."><img src="http://bistiart.smugmug.com/Awards/Awards/BistiBadlandsMatte2x3VDSCN0890/124993865_XkYv3-Th-2.jpg" width="110" height="150" alt="Bisti Badlands One autumn mid-afternoon, my path branched and I began a new road. As I look back now, it's very reminiscent of Robert Frost's immortal lines, "Two roads diverged in the woo ..." title="Bisti Badlands One autumn mid-afternoon, my path branched and I began a new road. As I look back now, it's very reminiscent of Robert Frost's immortal lines, "Two roads diverged in the woo ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-10-07T13:21:46Z BistiArt http://bistiart.smugmug.com http://bistiart.smugmug.com/Awards/Awards/BistiBadlandsMatte2x3VDSCN0890/124993865_XkYv3-Th-2.jpg <p><a href="http://bistiart.smugmug.com">BistiArt</a><br />Anasazi Pleasure</p><p><a href="http://bistiart.smugmug.com/Awards/Awards/2369171_N2dsp#273507241_EQABC" title="Anasazi Pleasure"><img src="http://bistiart.smugmug.com/Awards/Awards/AnasaziPleasure11x8PanoMatII6x/273507241_EQABC-Th.jpg" width="150" height="116" alt="Anasazi Pleasure" title="Anasazi Pleasure" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-08T18:20:15Z BistiArt http://bistiart.smugmug.com http://bistiart.smugmug.com/Awards/Awards/AnasaziPleasure11x8PanoMatII6x/273507241_EQABC-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://bistiart.smugmug.com">BistiArt</a><br />1st Place Members Choice Award - LANDSCAPE 2006-2007 Enchanted Lens Camera Club People’s Choice Award – LANDSCAPE - Adult Amateur New Mexico State Fair, 2007 Majestic Blessing was a ...</p><p><a href="http://bistiart.smugmug.com/Awards/Awards/2369171_N2dsp#166152927_NESYm" title="1st Place Members Choice Award - LANDSCAPE 2006-2007 Enchanted Lens Camera Club People’s Choice Award – LANDSCAPE - Adult Amateur New Mexico State Fair, 2007 Majestic Blessing was a ..."><img src="http://bistiart.smugmug.com/Awards/Awards/MajesticBlessing/166152927_NESYm-Th.jpg" width="150" height="116" alt="1st Place Members Choice Award - LANDSCAPE 2006-2007 Enchanted Lens Camera Club People’s Choice Award – LANDSCAPE - Adult Amateur New Mexico State Fair, 2007 Majestic Blessing was a ..." title="1st Place Members Choice Award - LANDSCAPE 2006-2007 Enchanted Lens Camera Club People’s Choice Award – LANDSCAPE - Adult Amateur New Mexico State Fair, 2007 Majestic Blessing was a ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-02T11:27:32Z BistiArt http://bistiart.smugmug.com http://bistiart.smugmug.com/Awards/Awards/MajesticBlessing/166152927_NESYm-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://bistiart.smugmug.com">BistiArt</a><br />God&#8217;s Hand An early autumn morning begins the next epoch, nearly 2 years later. New Mexico's summer had been unusually rainy. We were to have autumn in a calmer mode. Yet, filmy, fir ...</p><p><a href="http://bistiart.smugmug.com/Awards/Awards/2369171_N2dsp#124993867_b6Ghm" title="God&#8217;s Hand An early autumn morning begins the next epoch, nearly 2 years later. New Mexico's summer had been unusually rainy. We were to have autumn in a calmer mode. Yet, filmy, fir ..."><img src="http://bistiart.smugmug.com/Awards/Awards/GodsHandMatte2x3HDSC4888CS210x/124993867_b6Ghm-Th-2.jpg" width="150" height="116" alt="God&#8217;s Hand An early autumn morning begins the next epoch, nearly 2 years later. New Mexico's summer had been unusually rainy. We were to have autumn in a calmer mode. Yet, filmy, fir ..." title="God&#8217;s Hand An early autumn morning begins the next epoch, nearly 2 years later. New Mexico's summer had been unusually rainy. We were to have autumn in a calmer mode. Yet, filmy, fir ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-10-07T12:59:31Z BistiArt http://bistiart.smugmug.com http://bistiart.smugmug.com/Awards/Awards/GodsHandMatte2x3HDSC4888CS210x/124993867_b6Ghm-Th-2.jpg <p><a href="http://bistiart.smugmug.com">BistiArt</a><br />Fajada Moon Fajada Butte is a famous Anasazi landmark at the south entrance to Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. Chaco Canyon was a site of ceremonial Pueblo development and is now Chaco Cultural ...</p><p><a href="http://bistiart.smugmug.com/Awards/Awards/2369171_N2dsp#145265376_8YWjx" title="Fajada Moon Fajada Butte is a famous Anasazi landmark at the south entrance to Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. Chaco Canyon was a site of ceremonial Pueblo development and is now Chaco Cultural ..."><img src="http://bistiart.smugmug.com/Awards/Awards/FajadaMoonIVFrameDSC9874s/145265376_8YWjx-Th.jpg" width="150" height="116" alt="Fajada Moon Fajada Butte is a famous Anasazi landmark at the south entrance to Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. Chaco Canyon was a site of ceremonial Pueblo development and is now Chaco Cultural ..." title="Fajada Moon Fajada Butte is a famous Anasazi landmark at the south entrance to Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. Chaco Canyon was a site of ceremonial Pueblo development and is now Chaco Cultural ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-10-11T06:19:38Z BistiArt http://bistiart.smugmug.com http://bistiart.smugmug.com/Awards/Awards/FajadaMoonIVFrameDSC9874s/145265376_8YWjx-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://bistiart.smugmug.com">BistiArt</a><br />God's Applause</p><p><a href="http://bistiart.smugmug.com/Awards/Awards/2369171_N2dsp#273500764_qBrte" title="God's Applause"><img src="http://bistiart.smugmug.com/Awards/Awards/GodsApplauseVIIDSC488910x/273500764_qBrte-Th.jpg" width="150" height="116" alt="God's Applause" title="God's Applause" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-08T18:21:33Z BistiArt http://bistiart.smugmug.com http://bistiart.smugmug.com/Awards/Awards/GodsApplauseVIIDSC488910x/273500764_qBrte-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://bistiart.smugmug.com">BistiArt</a><br />Sleepin’ Ute Sunset At first, your glimpse of a low, seemingly innocuous mountain range west of Cortez, Colorado, is not nearly as impressive as towering rockies north of Durango. Yet, on ...</p><p><a href="http://bistiart.smugmug.com/Awards/Awards/2369171_N2dsp#234831336_qqZ6s" title="Sleepin’ Ute Sunset At first, your glimpse of a low, seemingly innocuous mountain range west of Cortez, Colorado, is not nearly as impressive as towering rockies north of Durango. Yet, on ..."><img src="http://bistiart.smugmug.com/Awards/Awards/SleepinUteSunset11x8HMat2ndJam/234831336_qqZ6s-Th.jpg" width="150" height="116" alt="Sleepin’ Ute Sunset At first, your glimpse of a low, seemingly innocuous mountain range west of Cortez, Colorado, is not nearly as impressive as towering rockies north of Durango. Yet, on ..." title="Sleepin’ Ute Sunset At first, your glimpse of a low, seemingly innocuous mountain range west of Cortez, Colorado, is not nearly as impressive as towering rockies north of Durango. Yet, on ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-24T15:14:29Z BistiArt http://bistiart.smugmug.com http://bistiart.smugmug.com/Awards/Awards/SleepinUteSunset11x8HMat2ndJam/234831336_qqZ6s-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://bistiart.smugmug.com">BistiArt</a><br />Restin'... A soft winter’s dusk is gracious host to a solitary bird, perched against a glowing sky. The tree's graceful arch, from cold, icy water to sweep over faint, distant mountains, ...</p><p><a href="http://bistiart.smugmug.com/Awards/Awards/2369171_N2dsp#281291838_FfmCQ" title="Restin'... A soft winter’s dusk is gracious host to a solitary bird, perched against a glowing sky. The tree's graceful arch, from cold, icy water to sweep over faint, distant mountains, ..."><img src="http://bistiart.smugmug.com/Awards/Awards/RestinVI/281291838_FfmCQ-Th.jpg" width="110" height="150" alt="Restin'... A soft winter’s dusk is gracious host to a solitary bird, perched against a glowing sky. The tree's graceful arch, from cold, icy water to sweep over faint, distant mountains, ..." title="Restin'... A soft winter’s dusk is gracious host to a solitary bird, perched against a glowing sky. The tree's graceful arch, from cold, icy water to sweep over faint, distant mountains, ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-03T22:46:55Z BistiArt http://bistiart.smugmug.com http://bistiart.smugmug.com/Awards/Awards/RestinVI/281291838_FfmCQ-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://bistiart.smugmug.com">BistiArt</a><br />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 ...</p><p><a href="http://bistiart.smugmug.com/Awards/Awards/2369171_N2dsp#297820892_iZoHd" title="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 ..."><img src="http://bistiart.smugmug.com/Awards/Awards/DawnsEarlyLightMatAwards1st10x/297820892_iZoHd-Th.jpg" width="150" height="116" alt="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 ..." title="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 ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-22T11:19:31Z BistiArt http://bistiart.smugmug.com http://bistiart.smugmug.com/Awards/Awards/DawnsEarlyLightMatAwards1st10x/297820892_iZoHd-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://bistiart.smugmug.com">BistiArt</a><br />Tranquility Sunset's allure can add soft drama to a peaceful scene. It's nightfall at Bosque del Apache. Although the sun has just dropped below the horizon, direct rays in the clear atmos ...</p><p><a href="http://bistiart.smugmug.com/Awards/Awards/2369171_N2dsp#309176496_Aaagd" title="Tranquility Sunset's allure can add soft drama to a peaceful scene. It's nightfall at Bosque del Apache. Although the sun has just dropped below the horizon, direct rays in the clear atmos ..."><img src="http://bistiart.smugmug.com/Awards/Awards/TranquilityIIMat-Frame-2x3/309176496_Aaagd-Th.jpg" width="110" height="150" alt="Tranquility Sunset's allure can add soft drama to a peaceful scene. It's nightfall at Bosque del Apache. Although the sun has just dropped below the horizon, direct rays in the clear atmos ..." title="Tranquility Sunset's allure can add soft drama to a peaceful scene. It's nightfall at Bosque del Apache. Although the sun has just dropped below the horizon, direct rays in the clear atmos ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-06-07T21:44:45Z BistiArt http://bistiart.smugmug.com http://bistiart.smugmug.com/Awards/Awards/TranquilityIIMat-Frame-2x3/309176496_Aaagd-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://bistiart.smugmug.com">BistiArt</a><br />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 creat ...</p><p><a href="http://bistiart.smugmug.com/Awards/Awards/2369171_N2dsp#309176488_nn2WS" title="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 creat ..."><img src="http://bistiart.smugmug.com/Awards/Awards/LavenderDawn2ndMoodMemChoiceEL/309176488_nn2WS-Th.jpg" width="150" height="116" alt="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 creat ..." title="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 creat ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-06-07T22:54:01Z BistiArt http://bistiart.smugmug.com http://bistiart.smugmug.com/Awards/Awards/LavenderDawn2ndMoodMemChoiceEL/309176488_nn2WS-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://bistiart.smugmug.com">BistiArt</a><br />Anasazi Moon Fine Art Photography results from skillful use of a number of tools; a subject, light, a camera, and digital imaging software. Our subject consists of hoodoos - water carved s ...</p><p><a href="http://bistiart.smugmug.com/Awards/Awards/2369171_N2dsp#309180620_VN2fQ" title="Anasazi Moon Fine Art Photography results from skillful use of a number of tools; a subject, light, a camera, and digital imaging software. Our subject consists of hoodoos - water carved s ..."><img src="http://bistiart.smugmug.com/Awards/Awards/AnasaziMoon1stOuutdoorsMemChoi/309180620_VN2fQ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="116" alt="Anasazi Moon Fine Art Photography results from skillful use of a number of tools; a subject, light, a camera, and digital imaging software. Our subject consists of hoodoos - water carved s ..." title="Anasazi Moon Fine Art Photography results from skillful use of a number of tools; a subject, light, a camera, and digital imaging software. Our subject consists of hoodoos - water carved s ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-06-07T22:54:32Z BistiArt http://bistiart.smugmug.com http://bistiart.smugmug.com/Awards/Awards/AnasaziMoon1stOuutdoorsMemChoi/309180620_VN2fQ-Th.jpg