Marauders Outings

 The information below is also posted on the club  calendar.   Additional details (including maps) will be provided by email to all club members before each outing.

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Capulin Spring (on the road to the Sandia Crest), Wednesday July 22nd, 8:00 am start time.  Meet in the first parking lot at the Capulin Springs Picnic Site, 8 miles up the Crest Road from the roundabout junction with State Route 14. The site is well marked with a forest service sign. At 10:00 am, we will head to Cedar Crest – to the Trail Rider Restaurant, located at 12165 NM-14 B1, Cedar Crest, NM 87008.

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Marauder Outing to Tingley Beach and The Botanic Gardens – Wednesday August 12th

Flora, Birds, Bugs and Beyond!  It’s a two-part outing.  You are welcome to attend both and then have lunch at Ramona’s, or attend one of the locations  and have lunch at Ramona’s. 

Part 1:  (Early Morning) Tingley Bosque Ponds (7:30 – 9:15 AM):  Meet at the southern unpaved Tingley parking lot and at 7:30 AM, we will venture into the deepest and darkest Bosque at the two Tingley Open Space Bosque Ponds.  Shoot birds and/or insects (dragonflies, robberflies, wasps, bees, butterflies, etc.).  If you are also going to Part 2, at 9:15 AM, return to the parking lot and drive to the Botanic Garden.

Part 2:  Albuquerque BioPark – Botanic Garden (9:30 AM):  Get a ticket to enter the Bio Park (now at the main gate just west of the parking lot), and then meet up at the entrance to the Botanical Gardens. Photograph dreamy and macro flowers, plants, buds, leaves.  The Orchid and Cacti Houses are also open.  Water lilies, dragonflies and resident Wood Ducks are also at the water.  Entry is $5.50 for NM Seniors (over 65), free with a Bio Park Membership, or $10 general (NM resident) admission.    

 Lunch at Ramona’s Mexican Cafe,  321 Rio Grande Blvd NW at 11:30 AM:  Remember to go to lunch, regardless if attending one or both parts of the outing. There is plenty of parking.  Ramona’s is on the west side of Rio Grande Blvd.

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The Marauders have one (and sometimes more) photo outings each month, mostly on Wednesday, with some weekend outings.  We choose locations within about a 1 hour drive from Albuquerque.

Attendees are members of the Enchanted Lens Camera club, and their invited guests. Marauders outings are communicated by Club e-mail and the outing is also posted on the Club Calendar. Photographs of attendees of Marauder Outings may be posted on the ELCC Marauder Flickr Group site, as well as included in photo collages which are distributed to club members via email. 

 Barry Schwartz is the Marauders Chair.  Team members are: Earl Schwers, Mike McGovern, Joanne Ladisa, Stephen Foiles, Carla Chirigos, Jan Ward, Gary Smith, Laura Munzlinger, and Tom Kilroy. 
 

We encourage members to post their Marauders images on Flickr, in the Marauders Group. You can join the group by following these instructions:

Once you have joined Flickr, go to your new home page.  At the top of their page there is a search box that says “Photos, people, or groups”. Enter “ELCC” and then click the “groups” drop down. You should get all of the ELCC’s Groups with those letters.  Click the join button for the “ELCC Mid-Week Marauders” and Tom Kilroy will approve your entry to the group when he gets the Flickr’s auto email.  Once you are approved as a member of the Flickr Marauders Group, when you are uploading an image, click on the “Add To Groups”  and select the Marauders Group. For images already posted in Flickr, scroll down to the “Add to Group” box, and a list of your groups will open – and select the Marauders Group and the image will be added to the Flickr Marauders Group.

                           

Contact Marauders
Attend a Marauders Outing to:
·  go to places and photograph interesting things and places
·  enjoy the camaraderie with people who share your interest in photography
·   accumulate photos for the Club’s Photography Exhibition, Portfolio, Casual Critique, and any reason you choose
·  have fun while you learn about photography from others and try out what you’ve learned, includiing how others “see” and photograph similar things