[Leica] Mark's PAW - caught up. Phew!

[mark at whitedogs.co.uk (Mark Pope)]

Don't worry Vince, I'm off the hook.  First sign of rain and the little 
critters disappeared.

Cheers

Mark



Mark Pope,
Swindon, Wilts
UK

Homepage               http://www.monomagic.co.uk
Blog                   http://www.monomagic.co.uk/blog
Picture a week (2010)  http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2010
Picture a week (2009)  http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2009
                (2008) 
http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2008


Vince Passaro wrote:
> Ok, Mark, wait -- are you telling me the itsy bitsy spiders went up the
> water spout? Then what? Down came the rain? Washed the spiders out?
> 
> WTF man? How'd you let it happen?
> 
> I certainly hope that up came the sun and dried up all the rain so the itsy
> bitsy spiders could go up the spout again.  Then, you know, you'd be off 
> the
> hook and everything.
> 
> Vince
> 
> PS If you haven't heard Little Richard sing that you haven't heard it 
> really
> DONE.
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 5:20 AM, Mark Pope <mark at whitedogs.co.uk> wrote:
> 
>> A bit of a mixed bag to bring my PAW up to date....
>>
>> Week 15 - taken at a recently opened National Trust property called Croome
>> Park, not far from Worcester.  The house has had a rather varied past.  It
>> has been the home of the Duke of Coventry, a Catholic boys' school, a Hare
>> Krishna school and a nightclub.  It still has some very interesting 
>> original
>> features designed by the architect Robert Adam, who was a personal freind 
>> of
>> the Duke and the grounds were the first to be designed by 'Capability'
>> Brown.
>> The building is currently virtually empty as it is in dire need of
>> restoration.  Sadly, due to health and safety concerns, much of the house 
>> is
>> out of bounds to the general Public.
>> I made good use of my 12mm CV lens - this is a shot taken from the 'Long
>> Room'.
>>
>> M8, CV 12mm, ISO 640.
>>
>>
>> http://www.monomagic.co.uk/gallery.php?gallery=paw/2010&image=2010-week15-1.jpg
>>
>> Week 16 - the remains of an old farm cart.  I'm a real sucker for this 
>> type
>> of stuff :-)
>>
>> M8, 28mm Elmarit, ISO 160
>>
>>
>> http://www.monomagic.co.uk/gallery.php?gallery=paw/2010&image=2010-week16-1.jpg
>>
>> Week 17 - Baby spiders.  Dozens of 'em!  They just appeared on the
>> drainpipe leading to a water butt in the back garden   As the light was 
>> nice
>> and soft, I decided to have a go at photographing them with a macro lens
>> before it poured with rain (it's a bank holiday weekend - what do you
>> expect!).
>> I'm becoming a bit disenchanted with the Canon 20D - it's definitely
>> showing its age compared to the M8 and Panasonic GF1.  So I may look at
>> upgrading it to something like a 5D mark 2 when funds permit.
>>
>> Canon 20D, 100mm Macro lens, 1/2 sec f16, tripod and mirror lock-up.
>>
>>
>> http://www.monomagic.co.uk/gallery.php?gallery=paw/2010&image=2010-week17-1.jpg
>>
>> So, that's me up to date. I hope you like them.
>>
>> C&C are welcome as always.
>>
>> Off to make some peanut cookies and sourdough bread now!
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>>
>> Mark
>> --
>>
>>
>>
>> Mark Pope,
>> Swindon, Wilts
>> UK
>>
>> Homepage               http://www.monomagic.co.uk
>> Blog                   http://www.monomagic.co.uk/blog
>> Picture a week (2010)
>> http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2010
>> Picture a week (2009)
>> http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2009
>>               (2008) http://www.monomagic.co.uk/index.php?gallery=paw/2008
>>
>>
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