Hi Bob, Are there any other stone circles not too far from London that don't have the fame of Stonehenge that can be closely examined (and photographed)?
Leon http://www.bluering.org.au http://www.bluering.org.au/leon Bob W 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 >>> [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.
