David Mull of Deep Gap won first place in the adult division
of the Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway 2008 photo contest.
Deep Gap resident David
Mull won first place in the adult division of the Friends
of the Blue Ridge Parkway 2008 photo contest. Photo
by Scott Nicholson
Mull’s award-winning
photo, “Parkway Tunnel.”
Mull’s winning photograph, “Parkway Tunnel,” is
from Old East Ridge Road, which he drives every day near his home.
His photograph depicts the parkway and a small stone bridge by
Mile Marker 281 near Parkway Elementary School. A blossoming dogwood
is in the foreground.
Mull has been an amateur photographer for about 30 years and submitted
three photographs to the contest in August. “I practically
forgot about it, then I went to the post office, and there it
was,” he said of his letter of notification and a prize check
of $100. “I take a picture of that tunnel two or three times
a year.”
He framed a large version of the photograph, and the Friends of
the Blue Ridge Parkway will publish it in newsletters and publications.
A merchant seaman, Mull began taking pictures of the ocean. Upon
retirement, he plans to pursue the craft of photography more seriously.
Nature and landscapes are his primary interest.
Rick Riddle won second place, Daniel Leeper won third, and honorable
mentions went to Lynne Townsend, Alison Hege and Margaret Dunford.
More than 100 photographs were submitted. Winning photos can be
viewed at www.blueridgefriends.org.
Friends of the Blue Ridge Parkway is a non-profit, volunteer organization
that is dedicated to preserving, promoting and enhancing the Blue
Ridge Parkway.
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