Description of . Rick Bottomley of Gilroy won the grand prize in our 2015 Best of California travel photo contest with his shot of a sunrise at Emerald Bay in Lake Tahoe. What the judges say: The colors in this photo are just stunning. The horizon is in a great place compositionally, and the island is situated well in the frame. This is why people get up early to make photographs. And this is a good example of a travel photograph that makes a viewer want to go see the place for himself.