Re: Back From Paradise...
On 9/12/07, Mark Cassino [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Paradise, Michigan that is... 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. I really like this one. http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/stream/2007/070910/IMGP0928.htm Looks like a painting. IIRC you only needed to move the camera slightly to get a lot of thes blured effects, correct. Dave 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 -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Back From Paradise...
Yup, that is my fave. Very nicely done! -- Bruce Wednesday, September 12, 2007, 5:30:58 PM, you wrote: MR Mark Cassino wrote: http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/stream/stream09.htm MR I really like this one: MR http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/stream/2007/070910/IMGP0850.htm MR Very nice indeed! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Back From Paradise...
On 9/12/07, 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 Incredible work, as always, Mark! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Back From Paradise...
Is Paradise close to Hell? I enjoyed these pics as well. Interesting experiment. Paul -- Original message -- From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 9/12/07, 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 Incredible work, as always, Mark! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Back From Paradise...
Nope - Paradise is in the UP, Hell is close to Ann Arbor... http://maps.google.com/maps?f=dhl=engeocode=saddr=paradise,+midaddr=hell,+misll=37.0625,-95.677068sspn=27.753016,58.710937ie=UTF8z=7om=1 http://tinyurl.com/22ozsk -p [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is Paradise close to Hell? I enjoyed these pics as well. Interesting experiment. Paul -- Original message -- From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 9/12/07, 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 Incredible work, as always, Mark! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Back From Paradise...
Thank God :-)) -- Original message -- From: Paul Sorenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nope - Paradise is in the UP, Hell is close to Ann Arbor... http://maps.google.com/maps?f=dhl=engeocode=saddr=paradise,+midaddr=hell,+mi sll=37.0625,-95.677068sspn=27.753016,58.710937ie=UTF8z=7om=1 http://tinyurl.com/22ozsk -p [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is Paradise close to Hell? I enjoyed these pics as well. Interesting experiment. Paul -- Original message -- From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 9/12/07, 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 Incredible work, as always, Mark! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Back From Paradise...
... Hell is close to Ann Arbor... It has been so far this year for a certain college football team time will tell. Kenneth Waller http://tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Paul Sorenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Back From Paradise... Nope - Paradise is in the UP, Hell is close to Ann Arbor... http://maps.google.com/maps?f=dhl=engeocode=saddr=paradise,+midaddr=hell,+misll=37.0625,-95.677068sspn=27.753016,58.710937ie=UTF8z=7om=1 http://tinyurl.com/22ozsk -p [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is Paradise close to Hell? I enjoyed these pics as well. Interesting experiment. Paul -- Original message -- From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 9/12/07, 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 Incredible work, as always, Mark! cheers, frank -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Back From Paradise...
Is Paradise close to Hell? Only a few hundred miles apart. Interesting that Paradise is above the bridge while Hell is below the bridge with the trolls. Kenneth Waller http://tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Back From Paradise... Is Paradise close to Hell? I enjoyed these pics as well. Interesting experiment. Paul -- Original message -- From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 9/12/07, 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 Incredible work, as always, Mark! cheers, frank -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Back From Paradise...
From: Paul Sorenson Nope - Paradise is in the UP, Well, it used to be in Muhlenberg County Kentucky, along the Green River, that is, until Mister Peabody's coal train ... hauled it away -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: Back From Paradise...
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 pdml@pdml.net To: pdml@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Back From Paradise...
Thanks, Paul - glad you liked the shots. I actually was using a selected focus point for the landscapes, but at infinity and a wide angle - nothing seemed to get a lock. Later - MCC --- Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Interesting work. I like it. Beautiful color and nice compositions. I've found that for landscape shooting with autofocus it's better not to:-). Manual focus gives you so much better control for that. But if you do want to autofocus, select a point and choose the focal point yourself. I think all cameras get confused in that scenario given too many options. Paul -- 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Back From Paradise...
Thanks, Frank - the shots aren't all that sharp buy, oh well... :-) --- frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 9/12/07, Mark Cassino [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For those who have read this far - a small gallery: http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/stream/stream09.htm Incredible work, as always, Mark! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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 -- Building a website is a piece of cake. Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/webhosting -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Back From Paradise...
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_mailp=graduation+giftscs=bz -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Back From Paradise...
The tourist shops in Paradise sell a T-Shirt that says I went through Hell to get to Paradise with a little road map on it... In my case, I went through Cadillac to get there... I bought the Drink More Beer shirt at the Brewery Camp 33 store. The micro brewery is located in the state park, so I guess it's run or contracted out by the DNR. Anyone who thinks are state government can't get thing right should head up there and have a few pints! - MCC --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is Paradise close to Hell? I enjoyed these pics as well. Interesting experiment. Paul -- Mark Cassino Photography Kalamamazoo, MI www.markcassino.com Photo Books: www.lulu.com/cassino -- Catch up on fall's hot new shows on Yahoo! TV. Watch previews, get listings, and more! http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/3658 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Back From Paradise...
I have been to Hell many times. I wonder if it is still just a gas station, a gift shop, and a post office where you can get the post card you bought in the gift shop post marked? It's between Ann Arbor and Pinkney. Mark Cassino wrote: The tourist shops in Paradise sell a T-Shirt that says I went through Hell to get to Paradise with a little road map on it... In my case, I went through Cadillac to get there... I bought the Drink More Beer shirt at the Brewery Camp 33 store. The micro brewery is located in the state park, so I guess it's run or contracted out by the DNR. Anyone who thinks are state government can't get thing right should head up there and have a few pints! - MCC --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is Paradise close to Hell? I enjoyed these pics as well. Interesting experiment. Paul -- Mark Cassino Photography Kalamamazoo, MI www.markcassino.com Photo Books: www.lulu.com/cassino -- Catch up on fall's hot new shows on Yahoo! TV. Watch previews, get listings, and more! http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/3658 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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I have been to Hell many times. I wonder if it is still just a gas station, a gift shop, and a post office where you can get the post card you bought in the gift shop post marked? It's between Ann Arbor and Pinkney. Yeah, that's all there is. Kenneth Waller http://tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 11:17 PM Subject: Re: Back From Paradise... I have been to Hell many times. I wonder if it is still just a gas station, a gift shop, and a post office where you can get the post card you bought in the gift shop post marked? It's between Ann Arbor and Pinkney. Mark Cassino wrote: The tourist shops in Paradise sell a T-Shirt that says I went through Hell to get to Paradise with a little road map on it... In my case, I went through Cadillac to get there... I bought the Drink More Beer shirt at the Brewery Camp 33 store. The micro brewery is located in the state park, so I guess it's run or contracted out by the DNR. Anyone who thinks are state government can't get thing right should head up there and have a few pints! - MCC --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is Paradise close to Hell? I enjoyed these pics as well. Interesting experiment. Paul -- Mark Cassino Photography Kalamamazoo, MI www.markcassino.com Photo Books: www.lulu.com/cassino -- Catch up on fall's hot new shows on Yahoo! TV. Watch previews, get listings, and more! http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/3658 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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David Savage wrote: At 09:13 AM 13/09/2007, Mark Cassino wrote: --- Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark Cassino wrote: http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/stream/stream09.htm I really like this one: http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/stream/2007/070910/IMGP0850.htm Very nice indeed! Thanks, Mark! That was the first one I tried using the Tony Sweet 'swing the camera' technique. I thought you'd picked up a Lens Baby. Or bought some of the special Tony Sweet Photoshop filters available from NIK software! (Order yours today!) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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--- David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought you'd picked up a Lens Baby. :-) I'll stick with my Holgas - as nice as lens babies are they still can't intoduce random light leaks, developer artifacts, and unintentional multiple exposures. Sometimes the old ways are best... :-) -- MCC -- Mark Cassino Photography Kalamamazoo, MI www.markcassino.com Photo Books: www.lulu.com/cassino -- Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Back From Paradise...
Some nice abstractions there Mark. Glad to hear about all that rain ! We were in the Newberry area the third week in August it sure was dry. Hope that rain puts the fire out - they were worried about the bogs continuing to burn. How'd you like Paradise? Last time there, we stayed in the keepers quarter @ the Whitefish point lighthouse - a great quiet place to be. Kenneth Waller http://tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Mark Cassino [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Back From Paradise... 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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On Sep 12, 2007, at 4:25 PM, Mark Cassino wrote: 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. I've found that the DA14 on mine shows behavior like that occasionally too. Accurate infinity focus with an ultra-short focal length is probably a hard thing to do, depending on the scene and the light. http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/stream/stream09.htm I like this set of photos ... very expressive. If you don't mind a hopefully constructive critical comment on your website: I found myself clicking something that looked sensible as a next or up arrow sent me somewhere I didn't recognize and it was difficult to get back to the page I entered in the link above. The same symbol on other pages took me somewhere else. The site guide didn't help: there doesn't seem to be any easy way to get to a recognizable home location or understand the logical layout, links along the left side appear and disappear inconsistently, replaced with an advertisement, etc. It needs a bit of cleanup... :-) Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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Mark Cassino wrote: http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/stream/stream09.htm I really like this one: http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/stream/2007/070910/IMGP0850.htm Very nice indeed! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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That last one is my favorite, very beautiful. rg2 On 9/12/07, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark Cassino wrote: http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/stream/stream09.htm I really like this one: http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/stream/2007/070910/IMGP0850.htm Very nice indeed! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- the subject of a photograph is far less important than its composition -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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--- Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some nice abstractions there Mark. THanks, Ken! Glad to hear about all that rain ! We were in the Newberry area the third week in August it sure was dry. Hope that rain puts the fire out - they were worried about the bogs continuing to burn. I believe the fire is out now. WE had several hours of pounding rain at the cabin, and when we were touring the burned areas a major downpour came rolling through. How'd you like Paradise? Last time there, we stayed in the keepers quarter @ the Whitefish point lighthouse - a great quiet place to be. This was our third stay at Saunders Cabins. Rustic but nice - right on the shore of Lake Superior, just over a mile north of Paradise - on a nice evening you can walk down to the Yukon Bar for a burger and beer. - MCC -- Mark Cassino Photography Kalamamazoo, MI www.markcassino.com Photo Books: www.lulu.com/cassino -- Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos more. http://mobile.yahoo.com/go?refer=1GNXIC -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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--- Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark Cassino wrote: http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/stream/stream09.htm I really like this one: http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/stream/2007/070910/IMGP0850.htm Very nice indeed! Thanks, Mark! That was the first one I tried using the Tony Sweet 'swing the camera' technique. - MCC -- Mark Cassino Photography Kalamamazoo, MI www.markcassino.com Photo Books: www.lulu.com/cassino -- Don't let your dream ride pass you by. Make it a reality with Yahoo! Autos. http://autos.yahoo.com/index.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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--- Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've found that the DA14 on mine shows behavior like that occasionally too. Accurate infinity focus with an ultra-short focal length is probably a hard thing to do, depending on the scene and the light. Well, I was surprised to have focusing probelms off trees in bright light - but it seemed to only be at infinity so it was pretty easy to just flip into manual. http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/stream/stream09.htm I like this set of photos ... very expressive. THanks - glad you could fine them! :-) If you don't mind a hopefully constructive critical comment on your website: I found myself clicking something that looked sensible as a next or up arrow sent me somewhere I didn't recognize and it was difficult to get back to the page I entered in the link above. The same symbol on other pages took me somewhere else. The site guide didn't help: there doesn't seem to be any easy way to get to a recognizable home location or understand the logical layout, links along the left side appear and disappear inconsistently, replaced with an advertisement, etc. It needs a bit of cleanup... :-) Yeah - the site really needs an overhaul. It's still built upon the same core I used 10 years ago when it first went on line. Basically itis now three sites overlaid - the old original HTML static site organized by subject, a chronocological stream of photos, and the blog. All jumbled together. Revising it is on my project list... - MCC -- Mark Cassino Photography Kalamamazoo, MI www.markcassino.com Photo Books: www.lulu.com/cassino -- Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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--- Rebekah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That last one is my favorite, very beautiful. rg2 Windmills in Canad? Thanks - that's my favorite too. Dozens of electricity generating windmills that flash random red lights after dark. A lot of the texture is lost in the small web JPG. Thanks for looking - MCC -- Mark Cassino Photography Kalamamazoo, MI www.markcassino.com Photo Books: www.lulu.com/cassino -- Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids. http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mailp=summer+activities+for+kidscs=bz -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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Hi Mark! Sounds like our honeymoon, 30 years ago... I like the pics, except for the last one, which doesn't do anything for me. Rick --- 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 http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos more. http://mobile.yahoo.com/go?refer=1GNXIC -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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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
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Interesting work. I like it. Beautiful color and nice compositions. I've found that for landscape shooting with autofocus it's better not to:-). Manual focus gives you so much better control for that. But if you do want to autofocus, select a point and choose the focal point yourself. I think all cameras get confused in that scenario given too many options. Paul On Sep 12, 2007, at 7:25 PM, Mark Cassino 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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Mark, Tony sweet would be flattered. I thought the forest stuff worked better than the shore photos. Interesting idea. Regards, Bob S. On 9/12/07, 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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At 09:13 AM 13/09/2007, Mark Cassino wrote: --- Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark Cassino wrote: http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/stream/stream09.htm I really like this one: http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/stream/2007/070910/IMGP0850.htm Very nice indeed! Thanks, Mark! That was the first one I tried using the Tony Sweet 'swing the camera' technique. I thought you'd picked up a Lens Baby. :-) Nice shot BTW. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
