Thank God :-)) -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Paul Sorenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Nope - Paradise is in the UP, Hell is close to Ann Arbor... > > http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=paradise,+mi&daddr=hell,+mi > &sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=27.753016,58.710937&ie=UTF8&z=7&om=1 > > http://tinyurl.com/22ozsk > > -p > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Is Paradise close to Hell? > > I enjoyed these pics as well. Interesting experiment. > > Paul > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > > From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> On 9/12/07, Mark Cassino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 > >> Incredible work, as always, Mark! > >> > >> cheers, > >> frank > >> > >> -- > >> "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > >> > >> -- > >> 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
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