These little critters are amazing - the run around in the snow in freezing temps. They are not fleas, but rather springtails (when they shoot off on their tails they move in a rather flea-like manner, so their name makes sense.) They are a little bigger than real fleas, i.e. averaging 1.5 mm in length. The tubes and the macro lens at closest focusing gave me decent magnification, though this image is cropped and the springtail is a bit small within it. It would of been nice to have gotten closer, but there are limits to what you can do in the field.
http://www.markcassino.com/temp/peso/IMGP8697.jpg
I was happy to see them as I had, till now, only read about them. Interestingly, they were only around one fallen tree, though I tramped by many a log on the way back to get them with the *ist-D.
As for the main mission - the 67 55 f4 is fabulous, the reissued Classic Pan is indeed faithful to the old (exact exposure / development times as used with the older version worked great) and the Ricoh TLR is a gas.
- MCC
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Mark Cassino Photography
Kalamazoo, MI
www.markcassino.com
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