Local Photographer Wins EcoWatch’s Photography Contest

Winner of the EcoWatch Earth Day Photo contest–Morning In The Mighty Redwoods. [Photo by David Ruddock]

The judges mentioned the light and the small figure of the hiker creating “an emotional connection to nature and conservation.”

Ruddick gives a shout out to our beautiful area when he told EcoWatch about he and his wife’s decision to live in McKinleyville. The articles notes,

Their town is centrally located to several Old Growth coastal Redwood groves, and the couple take advantage of that fact at least once a month.

“We stood beside our first Redwood on a camping trip about fifteen years ago and decided then and there that when we retired, we would do so in an area where we could walk among them often,” Ruddock wrote in an email.

We’re looking forward to seeing more of Ruddock’s images.