Great stuff, Mark. I was thinking about you the other day when I saw some fine snow coming down on a very cold day. That's Cassino snow:-). Paul On Mar 5, 2007, at 6:36 PM, Tom C wrote:
> 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 > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
