Thanks, Marne - nature is perpetually amazing. Right now I'm amazed to think, as I sit here with the windows open, a warm breeze flowing in, and everything green and in bloom, that I shot those snow crystals just 4 weeks ago on a day that didn't get above 25 F... And three weeks ago I had to call a wrecker to pull my car out of a snow bank!
Things change fast... Thanks for looking. - MCC [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Incredible snow crystals. Leaves me in awe. And not just of your > photography, which I am, but also of Mother Nature. When one sees how > something so small > and ethereal can still be so individual and unique, one just has to stand > back and applaud her work. > > Marnie aka Doe ;-) > > ============= > > > 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 > -- > > > > > ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. > -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, Michigan www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
