Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Traverse Area Camera Club Scavenger Hunt Outing

TACC organized a photography scavenger hunt at the BoardmanRiver nature Center September 12, 2009. It was a beautiful day and one of the better September Saturday mornings. Most of the folks headed right out from the River Center. Myself, I drove down to the Cass Street Dam parking lot for the trail and headed North. My intention was to end up back at the River Center. I didn't even get halfway from what I read from the map they supplied. I met a few nice folks, a birding photographer and a Boy Scout Troop on a nature trek. The highlight of the day was while I stood in the creek shooting, a deer walked right up behind me. The doe walked within 2 feet of my side and when I raised my head from the camera, she jumped and startled me. Never got a shot of her though.

The trail back was all uphill and after I re-gained my breath, drove back and met with the others at the River Center. We had hoped to show some of the photos right after the hunt, but many folks were late and the room we had was scheduled for another group. So, we departed and will review the photos at a later date. Many members of the Camera Club have posted images on the Clubs Flickr group or on their own Flickr accounts.