Great pics Mark. I remember shooting the skyline at night from the planetarium more than thirty years ago. A lot of those buildings weren't there. Really enjoyed these. I miss Chicago much. Wish I could have joined you guys. Paul On Oct 1, 2007, at 1:55 AM, Mark Cassino wrote:
> Back from Chicago I just sorted through the digital > snaps from earlier > today. Nothing great but here are a few highlights of > the day - > > First - you have to understand what kind of weather we > were dealing with > in this blustery, northern city, now that fall is upon > us. This shot > from the lakefront near the planetarium more or less > tells the story: > > http://www.markcassino.com/temp/chicago/IMGP2725.jpg > > And 80 F to boot :-) > > Another shot from the planetarium - sailboats heading > out: > > http://www.markcassino.com/temp/chicago/IMGP2721.jpg > > Mark Roberts proved to be the master at seeking the > unexpected shot. > Here he is - with K10D and the DA 10-17 fisheye zoom: > > http://www.markcassino.com/temp/chicago/IMGP2780.jpg > > Can't wait to see what he got with that lens... > > After hanging around the lake front for a while we > ventured into the > Field Museum, had lunch, and took in some exhibits. A > shot of the > museum's main floor: > > http://www.markcassino.com/temp/chicago/IMGP2828.jpg > > And a few details from this great building: > > http://www.markcassino.com/temp/chicago/IMGP2814.jpg > http://www.markcassino.com/temp/chicago/IMGP2831.jpg > > After that we headed off to Millenium Park. Here's > Mark and another > model showing off the fall shoulder bag fashions in a > catchy > photographically inspired session - > > http://www.markcassino.com/temp/chicago/IMGP2869.jpg > > I didn't mange to get any shots of Bob - but enjoyed > our conversations. > After the fountains in Millennium Park Bob and I > cooled off with soft > drinks while Mark shot at the bean. > > At that point I decided to head home while Mark and > Bob headed off to > the brew pub. Had I known that the Michigan government > would shut down > at midnight, virtually eliminating all highway > patrols, I might of > lingered over a few beers for a while. But I still had > two functional > states - Illinois and Indiana - to get through before > hitting the the > Michigan anarchy zone, so that might not have been a > good idea. > > It was a fine day in Chicago. Aside form the digital > snapshots, I took a > roll of Neopan 400 in an almost antique Kodak Retina > 1a. A gret camera > with no meter and a 'guess the distance' focusing > system. Well, it's f8 > and be there time with this - and the roll of film is > drying as I type. There might be a good shot in there > - though I seem to have mis-guessed exposures in a few > cases. > > _ MCC > > > > > -------------------------- > Mark Cassino Photography > Kalamamazoo, MI > www.markcassino.com > > Photo Books: > www.lulu.com/cassino > -------------------------- > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > ______________ > Need a vacation? Get great deals > to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. > http://travel.yahoo.com/ > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
