Thanks Ann! It's great to see a city change through growth - with a lot of the old stuff still there but new things as well.
- MCC --- ann sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mark - > Chicago is my home town so I KNOW what you mean > about blsutery :) I > grew up playing > by Buckingham Fountain and knew the Field Museum's > treasures by heart > by the age of 12 > - but they didn't call that area you were in > Miliineum park back in > those days (I left Chicago in > 1958 - only to return for brief visits. > > Particularly like the black and white of the boats > on the lake - as that > was the same back in my day. > And the shots of the Field Museum. Good stuff. > > ann > > > 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. > -------------------------- 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.
