Costco Connection - February 2009

photo contest

Hobby pans out

In June of 2008, on a trip down California’s historic Highway 49, Marianne Bush and her husband stopped by the town of Coloma. The birthplace of California’s gold rush, Coloma offers historic attractions such as an old school and the remains of the original jail.

It was at the re-created blacksmith shop that Bush struck gold. She took several pictures there, and says she liked the image she submitted best because of the details: “It’s perfect with the anvil in the front.”

Bush, who lives in Belmont, California, says her third-place win marks the second time she’s entered a photo contest.

For Bush, photography is a hobby, and she particularly enjoys taking pictures of birds. “It’s so much fun with a digital camera because you don’t have to wait for the results,” she says. More of her images are available at www.flickr.com/photos/bush.