Thanks for the tip, Bob. When we were there, we had a pretty tight schedule, as we were on our way to Bath, the Cotswalds and Wales, so we couldn't do that. I was actually underwhelmed by Stonehenge, and didn't think it nearly as interesting a Newgrange in Ireland.
Dan On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 5:22 PM, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dan, > > next time you're here book a private tour. You can pay for a visit > inside the stones after the plebs have gone home (or before they've > got up). > http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.878 > > Bob > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> Behalf Of Daniel J. Matyola >> Sent: 22 June 2008 22:11 >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: Re: Stonehenge >> >> Great shots Bob! >> >> When I was in England, I wanted to closely examine Stonehenge, > because >> of its scientific, historic and architectural interest. They > wouldn't >> let me get anywhere near the actual structure. Had I only know that >> all I had to do was to pretend to be a hippie fakir in order to be >> allowed actual ruins! >> >> Dan M >> >> On Sun, Jun 22, 2008 at 2:11 PM, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Here are my shots from Stonehenge over the solstice: >> > >> > http://www.web-options.com/SH2008/ >> > >> > As I said when I posted the Filly Loo shots, I made a number of >> > technical mistakes, but thanks to Dr. Lightroom's Rescue >> Remedy I have >> > managed to recover some of them. In any case, I now know a lot > more >> > about 2nd-curtain slow-sync flash than I did a couple of days ago. >> > I'll go again next year, and hope to get it right. >> > >> > Comments welcome, of course. >> > >> > It was an extremely tiring time. I drove to Ashmore from London, >> > arriving at about 6pm. Things started to kick off at 7pm and went > on >> > until about 10.30. From there I drove to Stonehenge, >> arriving at about >> > 11.30pm. I left at about 6am, having been on my feet >> carrying a heavy >> > camera bag with food and drink the whole time. It took a >> few hours to >> > get back to London, which I really shouldn't have driven - I > nearly >> > nodded off at the wheel several times. When I got home I >> felt the urge >> > for a fry-up so I went out to a café, ordered the full >> monty, and fell >> > asleep at the table before I finished it! >> > >> > Anyway, it's interesting to compare this year's Stonehenge with > the >> > celebrations in gentler times, as shown on the Magnum site: >> > >> > http://tinyurl.com/2cn64b >> > >> > http://www.magnumphotos.com/Archive/C.aspx?VP=XSpecific_MAG.Search01_V >> > Page >> > >> > Bob >> > >> > >> > -- >> > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> > PDML@pdml.net >> > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link >> directly above and follow the directions. >> > >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly >> above and follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
