Photo Midwest -- Seven State Juried Exhibition. Selected by juror Russell Joslin (Minneapolis editor of "Shots" Magazine) for exhibit at Porter Butts Gallery, University of Wisconsin Memorial Union in 2010.

This image was also part of a series of 12 photographs that received an Honorable Mention Award in the Nature Portfolio category of The Pollux Awards from the World Photography Gala Awards in London. The contest received 18,912 entries from 65 countries. It was juried by Phillip Brookman, Chief Curator and Head of Research at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.