Those are absolutely breath-taking Mark! The fourth is also a nice variation, not showing the edges.
Tom C. >From: Mark Cassino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >Subject: GESO - Snow Crystals (at last) >Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2007 18:15:01 -0500 > >It took a while, but I finally got some acceptable snow crystal shots >this season. > >Here are a few: > >http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/stream/2007/070303/IMGP0640.htm >http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/stream/2007/070303/IMGP0646.htm >http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/stream/2007/070303/IMGP0668.htm >http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/stream/2007/070303/IMGP0662cr.htm > >I'm not a big fan of the perfect, paper cut out, absolutely symmetric >snow crystal. For me, these ragged / run through the mill subjects are >what it's all about. > >It's interesting - I had shifted over to using a Sigma 50mm EX f2.8 >macro lens for snow crystals last winter. Before that I used either an M >50 f4 macro or M 50 f 1.7 standard lens. (Lenses are reverse mounted on >gobs of extension.) > >Anyhow - I wanted some new snowflake shots for the Pentax Gallery so I >pulled out the M50 f4 and used it on Saturday. Independent of that, I >finally remembered how to get the lighting right (it seems to take >longer every year...) I have to say - that old relic of a macro lens >really kicks. It _is_ slow and dim with all the extension, but it still >really produces the best images. I stopped using it because the aperture >was slow in the cold - not stuck, but slow. So I have to tap the >aperture arm on it to get it to fully stop down. I'll definitely be >getting it fixed. > >The rest of Saturday's shot's (and the more recent other shots from this >season) are here: > >http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/stream/stream05.htm > >Commentary is here: > >http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php > >Comments appreciated - > >MCC >-- >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >Mark Cassino Photography >Kalamazoo, Michigan >www.markcassino.com >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
