I don't get to come back this year. I have to have a church wedding and we chose june 1st for it. Baby, says I can come next year though if he can come too. jeepgirl. although I would recomend it. That weekend ranks in my top 10 for my life.... ----- Original Message ----- From: "jmadams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Bill Owens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 7:07 PM Subject: Re: Grandfather Mountain Photo Weekend?
> As you might guess I'm envious as I am primarily a wildlife photographer. > I often use an f8 500mm mirror lens and occasionally a 2x converter. > > One day I hope I might get one of the 'big gun' 1000/1200mm lenses for my > Pentax SP, ME/MES or Nikon Photomic FTn. > > I was out along the Richmond Dyke the other day(without camera) and watched > a drama on the middle arm of the Fraser River. Less than twenty feet from > me, a Red-Breasted Merganser in full plumage, had just emerged from the > water with a fish almost as big as itself. It could not swallow it, as > several times it had to dive to get away from a gull hell-bent on getting > the fish. On the last dive, the gull pounced and took the fish. Unperturbed > the Merganser set about hunting for another fish. It does not happen often > that I leave my cameras behind, but this was one of them. We have Bald > Eagles, Red-tailed Hawks, Marsh Harriers and more, Swans, Great Blue Herons, > every kind of duck including the three types of Merganser and Loons. We are > on the migration route, we see winter visitors such as Sandhill Cranes, Snow > Geese, Long-eared Owls, Snowy Owls and the smaller owls, Junkos and Vireos > down from the interior. The list is endless. > James > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill Owens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "jmadams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 4:09 PM > Subject: Re: Grandfather Mountain Photo Weekend? > > > > I would love to get out to your part of the country and someday hope to. > > The GFMNPW is an annual event (this will be my third) and is a great > chance > > to do some shooting, get reacquainted with old friends, make new ones, > and, > > most of all, learn from some of the best pro nature photographers. Last > > year the PDML contingent consisted of Doug Brewer, Tom VanVeen, Mark > > Roberts, John DeLoach and myself, along with our regional Pentax sales rep > > who is director of the event. Hopefully we'll have a few more this year, > > but I couldn't make it out to your part of the country either, so I > > understand why you can't make it. > > > > Bill KG4LOV, WPRS983 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
