We Have a Winner from "3 Awesome Landscape Photos"
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- by Mark Stephens on Fri Apr 22, 2011 - Add comment
Brad Garland's Alstrom Point: Click here for the free wallpaper, 1650x1100
Put your hands together for Brad Garland. His photo taken from Alstrom Point on Lake Powell brought in the most votes this week (click here to see the other entires). Brad worked hard for this photo. He ferried his son and two buds to a trailhead at Paria Canyon, then spent four days doing a solo exploration of the area until the threesome would finish their backpacking trip. A winter storm settled in with brutal winds of 60 mph, freezing temperatures, and a touch of snow. He hunkered down in the comfort of his King Kamper trailer, probably gave a thought to his son and his friends with something like, "poor fellas are gonna be miserable tonight, sucks to be them!", and woke up the next day to get this shot and many others.
I received a few emails this week about these photos, not just Brad's. Of all of them, this one really sends the message as to why Brad's photo won:
"I admit that I'm biased towards photo #1, though. Growing up, our family spent a lot of time camping at Lake Powell . . . I remember one particular trip where a rental boat pulled up about a 100 yards from our camp and the operators wrestled out several cameras, cases, and tripods to take photos of the butte. At the time, that was just the scenery we camped in, but now, looking back, it's like, 'Holy crap! That's the scenery we camped in!'"
- Craig
Somehow, he managed to strike a chord with most hearts out there. Brad gets a $50 gift card to REI.
Here are the whole results:
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