Congrats! Good shot too!
RonS
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> From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Gary Reese
> Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2000 5:12 AM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Contest Grand Prize
>
>
> I've just learned that I was selected as the Grand Prize winner for all
> catagories in the Maricopa County (Arizona) Parks and Recreation
> Department Photo Contest. They have the largest acreage of parks of any
> USA county. Hum, just when I was thinking that one had to make repeat
> visits to their favorite photo spots to get a decent landscape shot.
> This one, if anyone cares to take a peek at:
> http://members.aol.com/olympusom/MaricopaContestWWW.jpg
> came about when Susie said "I'd love a picture of a flowering Saguaro
> with water." "Oh right," I said aloud, as we were driving the hot and
> dry Carefree Highway north of Phoenix, late in the morning one day in
> the first week of May. But at the junction of the west road into Lake
> Pleasant Regional Park, we saw the first flowing Saguaro of the season.
> So we took the road in and ended up at the visitor center, on an
> overlook atop a hill. I spotted what seemed a promising composition -
> with water and a flowering Saguaro! - so I headed off down slope.
>
> Unfortunately, I left the Zuikos behind and just carried a Leica Z2X. At
> least I had a extra roll of film in my pocket, because when I composed
> this shot, I had the last two frames of 400 speed Kodak Gold in the
> camera. Not too good a choice. This particular pix was the first on a
> roll of Fujicolor Super HG 100, shot at 70mm with the mode set to
> infinity. Susie had caught up with me just when the sailboats came into
> position and got to share in the excitement.
>
> It isn't really my shot alone. It took my muse to see it. It isn't the
> first time I got talked into seeing stuff I would have looked for if it
> was just me.
>
> Gary Reese
> Las Vegas, NV
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