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 [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
