The first one really doesn't move me - not that there's anything wrong with it, it just seems (how do I say it), well, ordinary. Well done, technically very sound, but also kind of dull and grey and dark brown. Maybe it's just that I don't appreciate wooded areas in that state. Love 'em blanketed by snow, love 'em all green in the summertime, love 'em even more with spring and summer wildflowers. But, not like that.
OTOH, it's a remarkably detailed photo, even on my screen. I can imagine what it's like seeing the actual print. I really like the little yellow leaves that have yet to fall from the little trees on the forest floor - you can make them out against the background. Quite impressive.
The second shot is, I think, quite remarkable. Reminds me how furious the Great Lakes can be. I can almost feel the wind - I guess it's the spray off the waves. And, that angry sky! I think it's a terrific shot. And, the same as above WRT to the wonderful detail.
cheers, frank
"The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
From: Mark Cassino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: A couple of 6x7 shots Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 11:57:06 -0500
We had a couple of nice warm days last week, and the snow melted (quickly replaced by an inch of new stuff, though.) I managed to get out a couple times and take the 6x7 for a spin.
From my first roll of color film (NPS) here's a shot from the Northpoint Conservation Area, a brambly woods on the inland side of some sand dunes on the Lake Michigan shore:
http://www.markcassino.com/paw/northpoint.jpg
That was shot with the 55mm f4. I'm really impressed by the level of detail - mostly lost in this small JPG. A 12 x 18 print of the full scan (roughly a 55 megapixel image) shows a remarkable level of detail in the ground cover and distant twigs.
After shooting that I drove around to the lakeshore proper a few miles north to get this shot of the wind whipped waves breaking over the remnants of this winter's ice dunes:
http://www.markcassino.com/paw/lakeshore.jpg
In a large print you can see the houses in the pine trees that make up the dark bar along the shore, which break up the horizontal dark band. The sun was punching through holes the clouds and just shimmering on the ice and water in a few places during an otherwise dark day, making metering with a hand held meter a real challenge - the reflective reading would jump around 3 or 4 stops in a matter of minutes depending on where and how much of the sun was breaking through. First time I missed TTL metering! This was shot with a 150 f2.8 on Tri-X.
Comment and feedback appreciated -
MCC -----
Mark Cassino Photography
Kalamazoo, MI
http://www.markcassino.com
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