Dear friends, Firstly, it's like being hit with a brick coming down straight out of the blue. I do hope the Photography Staff know what they are doing, even though I know there are many artists here who deserve being nominated to GOM more than I do. Whatever, I really feel honored. Secondly, looking back to five years ago when I joined Renderosity I must admit that without the great people I have met and made friends with I would have hardly learned anything about photography.  And finally, thank you for making me happy and for doing a great job of making people believe in themselves. Nikolay Semyonov