[pct-l] Bart Smith slide show

[CMountainDave@aol.com (CMountainDave@aol.com)]

Bart Smith, photographer for the book "Along the Pacific Crest Trail" gave a 
slide show for the club I belong to here in Bremerton last night. Now I've 
seen hundreds of slide shows and maybe I'm partial to the PCT but this was 
the finest slide show I've ever seen. Bart has a gift (no, let's say genius 
gift) not only for composing pictures and being in the right place at the 
right time, but also for capturing the essence of being on the PCT. It took 
him five years and over 300 rolls of film to compose his treasure. I predict 
that someday very soon he will be quite famous for his nature photography and 
in great demand for shows. There were many slides not in his book and it was 
almost eerie in the way he seemed to get animals to lose their shyness of man 
and literally come forward and pose for pictures. I was particularly 
enthralled by one of a simple marmot with a grand valley vista behind him.  
The marmot had an expression of "yes this is my home, I'm quite proud of it 
and I know I must let you enter but please don't mess with it." We were 
simply stunned by his photography and immediately signed him up for an 
Appalachian Trail show in the near future, and perhaps one on the Grand 
Canyon. So if he ever comes your way for a slide show, don't you DARE miss 
him!