The Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor recently announced winners of the 11th annual Erie Canalway Photo Contest and Joe Pompili of Spencerport took second place in the “On the Water” category with “Beaming Forth,” a photo featuring a dramatic sky and landscape along the canal in Spencerport.
Winning images will be featured in the 2017 Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Calendar.
“Through the lens of winning photographers, these images offer a snapshot of what makes this 500 mile ribbon of waterway connecting the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes a national treasure,” says Bob Radliff, Erie Canalway executive director.
This year’s contest included 300 entries. First, second and third place photographs were chosen in each of four contest categories – Classic Canal, Along the Trail, On the Water, and Canal Communities. Twelve additional photographs received an honorable mention.
The calendars will be distributed starting December 1 throughout upstate New York. Locations where calendars will be made available to the public will be posted in November at www.eriecanalway.org.
Other winning images from the Greater Rochester area include: First Place, Canal Communities: Schoen Place Evening in Pittsford by Gary Eisenhart of Pittsford. Second place, Canal Communities: Tugboat Seneca in Lyons by Alan Fontaine of Webster. Third place, Canal Communities: Cruising Under the Lift Bridge in Fairport by Sandi Osterwise of Fairport. First place, Along the Trail: Canal Runner in Bushnell’s Basin by Tom Kredo of Rochester. Third place, Classic Canal: Passing Through Lock 30 in Macedon by Sandi Osterwise of Fairport. Honorable Mention: Train Trestle in Winter in Pittsford by Sarah Woodams of Pittsford.
Winning entries can be viewed at http://www.eriecanalway.org/gallery/photo-contests.
