Re: Back From Paradise...

2007-09-16 Thread David J Brooks
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 aro

Re: Back From Paradise...

2007-09-14 Thread Kenneth Waller
/tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: "graywolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" 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, &

Re: Back From Paradise...

2007-09-14 Thread graywolf
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 >

Re: Back From Paradise...

2007-09-14 Thread Mark Cassino
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

Re: Back From Paradise...

2007-09-14 Thread Mark Cassino
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 coup

Re: Back From Paradise...

2007-09-14 Thread Mark Cassino
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

Re: Back From Paradise...

2007-09-14 Thread Mark Cassino
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 composit

RE: Back From Paradise...

2007-09-14 Thread Tom C
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 >To: pdml@pdml.net >Subject: Back From Paradise... >Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:25:44 -0700 (PDT) > >Paradise, Michigan that

Re: Back From Paradise...

2007-09-14 Thread John Sessoms
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...

2007-09-14 Thread Kenneth Waller
>... 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... &

Re: Back From Paradise...

2007-09-14 Thread Kenneth Waller
> 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

Re: Back From Paradise...

2007-09-14 Thread pnstenquist
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=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=paradise,+mi&daddr=hell,+mi > &sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=27.75301

Re: Back From Paradise...

2007-09-14 Thread Paul Sorenson
Nope - Paradise is in the UP, Hell is close to Ann Arbor... http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=paradise,+mi&daddr=hell,+mi&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=27.753016,58.710937&ie=UTF8&z=7&om=1 http://tinyurl.com/22ozsk -p [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is Paradise close to Hell? > I en

Re: Back From Paradise...

2007-09-14 Thread pnstenquist
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 resubscr

Re: Back From Paradise...

2007-09-14 Thread frank theriault
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 drou

Re: Back From Paradise...

2007-09-13 Thread Bruce Dayton
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>

Re: Back From Paradise...

2007-09-13 Thread Mark Cassino
--- 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... :-)

Re: Back From Paradise...

2007-09-13 Thread Mark Roberts
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

Re: Back From Paradise...

2007-09-12 Thread David Savage
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

Re: Back From Paradise...

2007-09-12 Thread Bob Sullivan
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

Re: Back From Paradise...

2007-09-12 Thread Paul Stenquist
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

Re: Back From Paradise...

2007-09-12 Thread Brendan MacRae
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

Re: Back From Paradise...

2007-09-12 Thread Rick Womer
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 i

Re: Back From Paradise...

2007-09-12 Thread Mark Cassino
--- 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

Re: Back From Paradise...

2007-09-12 Thread Mark Cassino
--- 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

Re: Back From Paradise...

2007-09-12 Thread Mark Cassino
--- 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 u

Re: Back From Paradise...

2007-09-12 Thread Mark Cassino
--- 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

Re: Back From Paradise...

2007-09-12 Thread Rebekah
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

Re: Back From Paradise...

2007-09-12 Thread Mark Roberts
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

Re: Back From Paradise...

2007-09-12 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
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 especiall

Re: Back From Paradise...

2007-09-12 Thread Kenneth Waller
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 keepe