“Climbing out of stream passage pot” Ph. William Nix,w SFC 2018
Team on "How to work best within a speleovideo photographic team"; Tony Cosentino, Genoa Underground Research Center, who talks about “Speleo Videomaker” and then concludes the cycle of lessons with Guglielmo Esposito, president of the Italian Stereoscopic Society SSI3D. In the meantime, the teams are preparing for the next day's exit in the Antro del Corchia, a cave that has always been well suited for SpeleoFotoContest, allowing for a diversity of routes and themes suitable for all photographers. Saturday morning ... RAIN FOR A CHANGE! But recklessly we manage to enter the cave. Unfortunately, due to an unforeseen moment, I am unable to join the teams, but I still manage to take a tour on the tourist route, which I had not done for several years and I meet the various teams at work. The branches affected were the wettest ones, given the abundant rainfall at the time. The waterfall of the branch of the Romans was nothing short of spectacular, while the branch of the Marino Vianello
river was in full swing: all shows to be photographed. In the evening, as usual we went all to refresh at Vallechiara, thus closing the day of practical testing. Sunday is award time. The boys, tired after filling up the tank in the previous two days, are punctual and present. The “Piera” prize is drawn first, that is the prize of the popular jury, named after the “mother of the Speleologists”, also nominated an honorary speleologist even though she has never been in the cave. The speleological world still mourns for the untimely death of this person who has been a milestone for generations of speleologists. We wanted to remember and honor her in this way, dedicating an award to her. The Award was won by Francesco De Salve with his photo entitled "Fluido di grotta". The photo was donated to Ivano Gonnella, son of Piera, and it is still on display at Vallechiara di Levigliani. Not least was the web award. Truly a race to the last click was held between two talented photographers: Takeshi Murase from Japan and none