RE: Holiday photo adventure in the mountains

2004-07-06 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
:-) That raises a general question for me: Has anybody ever made photos under weather conditions like these, under heavy rain or storm and how did they protect themselves and the gear? Was it worth the effort? -> Photos please :-) thanks Markus > Subject: Holiday photo adventure in the mou

RE: Holiday photo adventure in the mountains

2004-07-06 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
-Original Message- From: frank theriault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2004 9:35 PM --- graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was > So that was my 4th of July adventure. What was > yours? > > > -- > graywolf > http://graywolfphoto.com/graywolf.html > Glad all's okay,

RE: Holiday photo adventure in the mountains

2004-07-06 Thread Cesar Matamoros II
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2004 4:33 PM To: Pentax Discussion Malling List Subject: Holiday photo adventure in the mountains So that was my 4th of July adventure. What was yours? -- graywolf http://graywolfphoto.com/graywolf.html

Re: Holiday photo adventure in the mountains

2004-07-05 Thread Ann Sanfedele
graywolf wrote: I knew I'd regret my confession! a > > anndigisan! > > -- > > Ann Sanfedele wrote: > > > > > YOu guys will hurl abuse at me for this, I know, > > but on eof my friends who had > > come over to watch with me had a Canon (G-1?) > > digital and I ended up confiscating it > > to

Re: Holiday photo adventure in the mountains

2004-07-05 Thread Ann Sanfedele
graywolf wrote: > > I stopped at Wal-Mart today and bought a couple of those throw away plastic > ponchos (87 cents each). One for the camera kit, one for the fanny pack I often > wear when out walking. Hopefully that will solve that problem. > > Seven years is not enough for you to be claiming m

Re: Holiday photo adventure in the mountains

2004-07-05 Thread graywolf
anndigisan! -- Ann Sanfedele wrote: YOu guys will hurl abuse at me for this, I know, but on eof my friends who had come over to watch with me had a Canon (G-1?) digital and I ended up confiscating it to shoot - I must have spat out about 50 shots and jsut barely started to get the hang of anticipat

Re: Holiday photo adventure in the mountains

2004-07-05 Thread graywolf
I stopped at Wal-Mart today and bought a couple of those throw away plastic ponchos (87 cents each). One for the camera kit, one for the fanny pack I often wear when out walking. Hopefully that will solve that problem. Seven years is not enough for you to be claiming mom-ship over me, young lady

Re: Holiday photo adventure in the mountains

2004-07-05 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Rob Studdert wrote: > > On 5 Jul 2004 at 18:35, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > > > He had what I would have called a smart card but > > he called it something else and didnt > > know the term "smart Card" - it was holding all > > his pics from a recent trip to New Mexico. > > The files are 1 mg... I'm gu

Re: Holiday photo adventure in the mountains

2004-07-05 Thread Rob Studdert
On 5 Jul 2004 at 18:35, Ann Sanfedele wrote: > He had what I would have called a smart card but > he called it something else and didnt > know the term "smart Card" - it was holding all > his pics from a recent trip to New Mexico. > The files are 1 mg... I'm guessing these are not > very good for

Re: Holiday photo adventure in the mountains

2004-07-05 Thread Ann Sanfedele
graywolf wrote: > . > It seems that my beliefs about mountain survival need to be reaccessed. I have > always known mountain weather can be dangerous, but I would never have though > that a 1/4 mile walk from the house in sunny weather could have turned so > suddenly to nearly a life threate

Re: Holiday photo adventure in the mountains

2004-07-05 Thread John Francis
> > - Original Message - > From: "graywolf" > Subject: Holiday photo adventure in the mountains > > > So that was my 4th of July adventure. What was yours? I note that you set out to shoot a red, white & blue topic :-) > > > We went grocer

Re: Holiday photo adventure in the mountains

2004-07-04 Thread Gonz
Wow, quite the adventure! The bare outdoors can be very dangerous when the weather turns against you. I had a similar experience a while back when I was hunting in Pennsylvania one winter day. It started snowing very heavily, and I was about 1-1.5 miles deep, not a real long distance when th

RE: Holiday photo adventure in the mountains

2004-07-04 Thread Markus Maurer
? -> Photos please :-) thanks Markus > Subject: Holiday photo adventure in the mountains > ve I have ever been out is such a hard rain. > Heavy thunder and a lightning begin just as I got to the > apartments. My clothes > were soaked through, but the camera and lenses only had a few &g

Re: Holiday photo adventure in the mountains

2004-07-04 Thread frank theriault
--- JosteinPx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wow... > Tough luck, Tom. It shows that adventure can come > when you least expect it. > > My day was very long anticipated; at least by my > daughter. She's turning 6 > tomorrow, but we held the party today. Since summer > holidays have already > begun i

Re: Holiday photo adventure in the mountains

2004-07-04 Thread frank theriault
--- graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was standing out on the veranda in front of my > apartment and noticed a red and > white airplane tied down in the corner of the > airstrip across the streat with > the mountains in the background. What a neat shot, I > thought. I decided to try > for

Re: Holiday photo adventure in the mountains

2004-07-04 Thread graywolf
Well, historically this area is supposed to have the 2nd highest rainfall in North America. However there has been a drought for the past ten years or so up in these mountains. Summer before last the farmers were selling their cattle because they could not water them. That seems to have ended. T

Re: Holiday photo adventure in the mountains

2004-07-04 Thread graywolf
y, July 04, 2004 10:33 PM Subject: Holiday photo adventure in the mountains I was standing out on the veranda in front of my apartment and noticed a red and white airplane tied down in the corner of the airstrip across the streat with the mountains in the background. What a neat shot, I thought.

Re: Holiday photo adventure in the mountains

2004-07-04 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "graywolf" Subject: Holiday photo adventure in the mountains > > So that was my 4th of July adventure. What was yours? > We went grocery shopping. July 4th doesn't mean as much to us as it does to you. William Robb

Re: Holiday photo adventure in the mountains

2004-07-04 Thread Cotty
On 4/7/04, Joseph Tainter, discombobulated, offered: >"If there's any 4th of July parties in the area, we'll see the fireworks >from the house -" > >Cotty, in the UK, fireworks on the 4th of July are to celebrate being >shed of us? > >Joe LOL. And why not! Nope - ex pats and various Muricanophi