Ken, you were seen taking a picture under a cow! That's udderly ridiculous!
Paul.
Ken Norton wrote:
> Ok, everybody. You can stop talking behind my back now. <g>
>
> The "vacation" up to Northern Wisconsin and Upper Michigan went quite well
> and being away from email for over a week was a welcome relief.
>
> Day 1. Stopped off and stayed with friends that I shot a wedding for and
> delivered many hundreds of dollars in reprints. They loved them. Including
> the accidental 16x20 of nothing special. Made just enough money off this
> wedding to pay for the vacation.
>
> Day 2. Stayed in a campground in northern Illinois that happened to be
> directly under the O'hare flight patterns--although we were 70 miles away.
> It's hard to feel like you are camping with jets flying over.
>
> Day 3-4. Stayed in Northern Wisconsin at a little used campsite on Starret
> Lake. This place was really nice and the tent was about 20 feet from the
> lake and we looked directly east across the water. Made for great
> sunrise/sunset pictures. I now have more pictures than I care to have of
> frogs and insects doing unmentionable things. I doubt that I'll post some
> of those pictures as they are rather x-rated. The first morning my wife
> woke me up and kicked me out of the tent to get pictures of the pre-dawn
> sky. About 2.5 hours later, I finally put the cameras down. At one point
> there was a small fishing boat way across the small lake with a swan
> swimming around it, with mist rising off the lake and all backlit by a
> dramatic sky. That does it! I'm getting a LOOONNNGGG lens. The 200 didn't
> quite cut it. Last morning there it started raining at 4:30 and we
> discovered that our brand new tent was as waterproof as a window screen.
> Needless to say, the comfort level dropped a bit when a liter of water
> decided to make its way through the spot directly above my pillow all at
> once. Noise level at this campsite was very high with frogs, insects, owls,
> and one very crazy Loon that took up residence very close to the site. Poor
> Allison was completely puzzled by all the various sounds.
>
> Day whatever. Next stop was the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. Got a
> few decent shots, but overall not a successful visit this time as time
> pressures got us. Got to do a lot of back road travelling. Did about 50
> miles of it on one sandy logging road. I think we went airborne a couple
> times when we took some bumps too fast. Not a good thing with a wife who is
> 6.5 months pregnant! Allison loved it though. But Baby #2 is well
> protected from the bumps by Mom's bladder and Mom let it be known that the
> "waterbed" is not designed to be "jumped" on. Progress was slowed by
> frequent stops.
>
> Tahquamenon Falls is a must see in the U.P. I have photographed it in every
> season but still think that winter is king. The flow was down a bit this
> time and the color wasn't nearly as dark as usual. I had to work hard at
> getting new "fresh" views of it. I've photographed almost every conceivable
> angle so far and this visit was tough as I really tried new and unique
> views. The lighting one evening was fantastic though and I got some great
> golden reflections in the water. The bugs were a living nightmare as the
> flies are big enough to carry off small lenses and children.
>
> Of all the equipment I dragged around with me, I didn't use the 35/shift or
> the mini-tripod. Everything else got used. I shot far less film than I
> expected. Spent most of the vacation actually vegging with the family and
> cooking.
>
> Speaking of cooking... I got creative one night. On the box of Bisquick
> there was a recipe for dumplings. I used a couple packages of Ramen noodles
> (chicken flavour) and it turned out perfect! What this has to do with
> Olympus is absolutely nothing, but I'm so proud of this cooking success I
> just had to tell somebody. (use twice the amount of water and hold off
> putting the noodles in until the end and add some salt/pepper to taste).
> Sure beat hotdogs and hamburgers for another night, but the grill was warmed
> up just in case...
>
> Stopped off at my parent's place and got to do a little camera comparisons
> with my father. He has been a N*k*n user for years but just picked up an
> Olympus Stylus to replace a OneTouch that croaked. He absolutely loves it
> and it takes wonderful pictures. But the viewfinder is awfull. Can they
> make those viewfinders any smaller? Give me an old RF camera anyday with a
> decent viewfinder and moving frame lines. Dad looked at my OM-2s with the
> 2-4 focus screen and said "wow." It is amazing just how bright it is. I
> looked at one of his Nikons (8008) and noticed that it has one of the newer
> "bright" screens. The Nikon screen is not quite as bright as the 2-series,
> but has a "random" pattern to the etching which gives a more accurate
> "bokah" in the viewfinder than the 2-series. Nice, but doesn't "snap" like
> the 2-series.
>
> I picked up a bicycle trailer (Winchester) from my best friend for $75. Ok,
> Deborah, try matching that deal! Can't wait to get Allison her first
> bicycle helmet now.
>
> Oh, welcome to the list, Kerry. I'm glad there is another verbose person
> here in the list to take the pressure off of me. Most postings here are
> great factoids, informational exchanges, etc. but mine are more for
> entertainment purposes. You can usually ignore them--after all, I don't
> bother reading them either. <g> There are a bunch of terrific people out
> there, but ya gotta watch them. For instance, John H. will blindside us all
> with the cold hard facts of the truth. Denton dabbles in various religions
> and has joined the Church of Contax while continuing to attend here. And
> Gary is the ultimate Ballerina of Prose and will suprise you with a wit and
> wisdom not usually found in techy forums such as this. There are many
> wonderful people here and I think this is one of the finest lists on the
> internet. Yes, there is the occasional bickering, but we send those guys to
> their rooms and they don't come out until they are ready to play nice again.
> We all say something stupid once in a while--ok, I say something stupid once
> in a while, but the forgiveness level is quite high.
>
> Look out list, I'm back. Well, I'll be back once the Suburban is emptied
> and everything is put away. That's the bad thing about the Suburban--you
> can haul way too much stuff.
>
> Ken N.
> Quincy Illinois.
>
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