Very nice Bob.  I didn't know what a dew pond was, however, and had to
look it up.

Dan

On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 5:11 AM, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Friday I went to Ashmore, a village in Dorset, to photograph their
> midsummer festival, which is called Filly Loo.
>
> The festival takes place around the village pond, a dew pond which
> supposedly goes back to before Roman times. The festival itself seems
> to go back a very long time too, and is a very enjoyable occasion,
> almost like being in Thomas Hardy's day:
>
> http://www.web-options.com/FL2008/
>
> After this I went over to Stonehenge for the solstice, and will post a
> gallery later.
>
> These 2 events were my first serious attempt to use 2nd-curtain
> slow-synch flash, so I made a lot of technical errors, but it's a
> useful technique on a wet midsummer's eve, and I'm starting to get the
> hang of it.
>
> Comments welcome, of course.
>
> Bob
>
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