I was with you until you said Tony Sweet :):)

otoh -- I do like _your_ abstracts.... and it is such fun to do, isn't it?

too bad your cell phone worked  and you had so very much rain - though
I love to shoot in the rain -  I'm nervous about it with a digital camera

Best,
ann


Mark Cassino wrote:

>Paradise, Michigan that is...
>
>Just got resubscribed after a week in a little cabin
>on Whitefish Point - no internet and limited TV (5
>channels, 3 of them Canadian). Unfortunately, cell
>phones now work up there.
>
>After months of drought the rain came with us - and
>while my wife and I managed to hike the North Country
>Trail or Taqua Trail most days, we spent one day in
>the cabin as rain poured down, and it rained almost
>every night. So much for northern lights photos with
>the LX. Based on a bucket we left outside, the cabin
>got over 5 inches of rain while we were there. That
>extinguished the fire that was burning up the nearby
>peat bogs.
>
>Anyhow - I didn't plan on doing much photography, and
>ultimately decided to leave the 6x7 kit at home and
>brought only the digital stuff and 35mm gear. I have
>to say I never touched the Mz-S or LX, but did shoot a
>bit with the K10D.
>
>I was rather disappointed with the auto-focus
>performance of the K10D and DA 16-45 f4 lens. It
>seemed to have a distinct problem getting a lock for
>landscapes or scenics where the lens was basically
>focusing at infinity. This was especially true at the
>wide end. No problems with closer focusing and no
>problems with other lenses, so maybe my 16-45 has
>something awry with it.
>
>Anyhow - several months after Grandfather Mountain the
>Tony Sweet effect finally settled in, and I wound up
>spending a fair amount of time shooting controlled
>motion blurred shots (bouncing the camera around or
>ultra long exposures hand held) and doing in-focus /
>out of focus multi exposures.
>
>For those who have read this far - a small gallery:
>
>http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/stream/stream09.htm
>
>- MCC
>
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>Kalamamazoo, MI
>www.markcassino.com
>
>Photo Books:
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