I'll add a big thanks to everyone who made me feel so very welcome. I had a great time and hope to attend again sometime soon. Special thanks to Cory & Scott for the use of the camping gear, it was very much appreciated guy's.
I was one of the 10 who started Mark's trek but not surprisingly turned back not much past the 1/2 mile point. I really can't wait to see Cotty's rest stop shot. Mark & Doug's presentation was hilarious, and I'm glad I got to see it. The quality of the honorable mentions, let alone those of the place getter's was humbling. I was rushed for time to make my flight, so my apologies to anyone who I didn't say goodbye too in person. Cheers, Dave On 6/4/07, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It seemed to go by at blinding speed and be over in a eyeblink but yet > another GFM Nature Photography Weekend is behind us. > > We arrived at the mountain on Thursday afternoon and checked in with > the authorities. :) Those who know Don Nelson (amd many who don't) will > be happy to learn that he's recovering from his major > chemotherapy/radiation treatment well. He's still quite tired much of > the time, but all indications are that he's recovering well and is much > ahead of schedule in that regard. > > I did my annual overnight on the mountain Thursday night and got some > fairly good shots in the early morning light on Friday. > > On Friday evening there was a good presentation by Tony Sweet, then a > good bit of socializing around the camp site. I got to meet Dave Savage > and catch up with Cotty and some others I haven't seen in a while. > > On Saturday morning I let a hike along some of the mountain's toughest > trails. We had 10 people start out and 4 of us did the whole route, > with others choosing their own turnaround points based on their ability > and/or time needs. Everyone seemed to enjoy it. Mark Cassino's > presentation on Saturday evening was predictably excellent. Some truly > amazing photography. > > Sunday was a bur for me: Judging the contest with my colleague Doug > "Darth" Brewer and doing the awards presentation took about 4 hours but > seemed to be over in just minutes. A couple of meetings with various > people, packing up the camp site and then on the road to the cabin in > Ashe county with barely time to catch my breath. I didn't have nearly > enough time to chat with people whom I get to see only rarely. My > apologies to anyone whom I accidentally slighted: There's just too much > work and not enough time for those of us involved in making this event > happen. > > Start making plans for next year. And get ready for some good on-line > galleries to start appearing in the next few days. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
