The first and second strike me as being quite nice. Maybe even, dare I say, artsy. :-)
Tom C. >From: Mark Cassino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: Back From Paradise... >Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:25:44 -0700 (PDT) > >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 > >-------------------------- >Mark Cassino Photography >Kalamamazoo, MI >www.markcassino.com > >Photo Books: >www.lulu.com/cassino >-------------------------- > > > >____________________________________________________________________________________ >Tonight's top picks. What will you watch tonight? Preview the hottest shows >on Yahoo! TV. >http://tv.yahoo.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

