Beautiful shots Mark. The coffee can had the pastic on top and the light in it?
Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Cassino [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 9:04 PM > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Website Update - 2004/05 Snowcrystals > > > I just uploaded the February update to my website, with the second > installment of snow crystal photos for this year. Since,in the > last 5 years, > I've only had one good post-January snow session, I expect that > this will be > it for this year. > > I experimented with lighting a bit, and made some improvements > that I think > get me closer to, but not quite on par, with the best snow crystal > photographer out there. Maybe next year I'll move up to using a > microscope. > For now, the *ist-D, a reverse mounted 50mm, a coffee can, and bit of > colored plastic (this year I ran over to the local drug store an bough a > clear plastic report cover) will do it. > > My wonderful Pentax M f4 developed a _really_ stuck aperture, so > the latest > batch was shot with Sigma 50mm f2.8 macro. Nice sharp lens but it > defied the > conventional wisdom that adjusting the focus on a lens reverse > mounted on a > bellows set has no effect - the floating element meant that I had > to lock it > into place focus-wise. I hope to have the M 50 f4 fixed by next winter. > > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Mark Cassino Photography > Kalamazoo, MI > www.markcassino.com > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >
