> > From: AlunFoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2008/07/08 Tue AM 11:58:21 GMT > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Stonehenge > > Chiming in late on this one... > A very nice set, Bob. > First thought that struck me was the weather... looking more like > rain-stice than sol-stice (doohh). But I guess that's Britain for > you... :-) > > The magnum link doesn't yield any pics anymore, but I can sort of > imagine how the celebrations get... hmmm... hooliganised(?) over the > years. > > Jostein
If you put "solstice" into the search engine there, you get some pictures of Druids by George Rodger from 1960. > > > 2008/6/22 Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > 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. > > > > > > -- > http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ > http://alunfoto.blogspot.com > > -- > 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. > ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- 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.
