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 > > [email protected] > > 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 > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
