Thanks Brendan! We only lost one day due to rain, and I finished off the latest Harry Potter book and played Civ III on the laptop - so overall it was a fun and comfortable day. The cabin has nice big windows looking out on the lake...
- MCC --- Brendan MacRae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A couple of those are very nice, Mark. They have a > plein air quality, especially the first one of the > trees and beach scene. > > Sorry you got so much rain. > > -Brendan > --- 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 > > > > - 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 > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and > hotels with Yahoo! FareChase. > http://farechase.yahoo.com/ > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -------------------------- Mark Cassino Photography Kalamamazoo, MI www.markcassino.com Photo Books: www.lulu.com/cassino -------------------------- ____________________________________________________________________________________ Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=graduation+gifts&cs=bz -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
