3am wakeup call...

[Andy]

just back home from my few days in london. i had the good fortune of being able to eat and shoot with my good friends gubbs and luben :food

earlier, i posted some castles in infrared here (http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=12760) and so now, let's look at some color shots.

but first - the important stuff. gubbs, mrs g, and gubbs' two lovely daughters took me to a wonderful nepalese restaurant, and did we ever feast.. about 6 kinds of curry, lamb, chicken, prawns, veggies (spinach, potatoes), papadums, naan, hoo-boy it was a spice fest. a thoroughly enjoyable time.

a few of the dishes
http://williams.smugmug.com/photos/23989736-L.jpg

ang dorjee, our gurkha waiter
http://williams.smugmug.com/photos/23989726-L.jpg

well let me tell you, luben solev takes his sweet light seriously. he calculated that sunrise would be at 0446hrs, so gubbs and luben picked me up at my hotel at 0315hrs! :yikes
http://williams.smugmug.com/photos/23989708-L.jpg

mrs g had kindly picked out a lovely hotel for me in the area, and well, for the three hours i slept, i certainly didn't need this lap of luxury :lol3 :uhoh

http://williams.smugmug.com/photos/23989713-L.jpg

so, we made it to bodiam castle, right at sunrise. after four days of mostly rain :cry it was worth the extra effort to get there for some sweet light
http://williams.smugmug.com/photos/23992405-L.jpg

http://williams.smugmug.com/photos/23990644-L.jpg

http://williams.smugmug.com/photos/24049198-L.jpg

i think the best part about being a landscaper is that after the sweetlight, you get to :eat breakfast :lol3
http://williams.smugmug.com/photos/23989702-L.jpg

waximondo, this ought to qualify as a "proper english fry-up" :lol3
http://williams.smugmug.com/photos/23989699-L.jpg

enjoy (next to zero sleep) photography,

[gus]

Hmmm.curry.

Hows 'ol china going with his stop signs ? :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol

[Andy]

Hmmm.curry.

Hows 'ol china going with his stop signs ? :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol

lemme tell you, i was about ready to grab the wheel more than a coupla times, 'gus! :lol3

[Eric&Susan]

Great shots as usuall Andy:thumb . I really love that first castle.


Eric

[ginger_55]

Absolutely gorgeous castle, Andy.

Is there a moat? or is that the water? Isn't there a plank that you ride the horses over to get to the castle?

ginger

[Dee]

Yep, that sure was some fancy hotel she found you! :):

Oh my, that castle was well worth the wake up call! Had to re-orient myself with the steering wheel on the "wrong" side :D

And, yes, I have memories of friend eggs, fried tomatoes, and lots of tea and fried toast for breakfast! :):

[wxwax]

Lovely castles and hotel room. I've done that and hated myself for it - leave a luxurious hotel room without ever having taken advantage of it. Where was it?

And yes, that's a Brit brekkie.:lol3 No stewed tomatoes, though. :wxwax

[Phil U.]

Wow - yes sweet light. I'd say it was worth it. Beautiful. Good food, good times, good pics. :thumb

[Andy]

found one more :D

http://williams.smugmug.com/photos/24049198-L.jpg

[Seamus]

It looks like you had a great trip Andy, photos are excellent and the food looked delicious:hotfood , it was worth the early start.

Seamus.

[Nikolai]

http://williams.smugmug.com/photos/23992405-M.jpg
I would agree to have zero sleep, not just 3 am wakeup..
Awesome, Andy!
Good job spotting, Gubbsy!

[WaterfallRich]

Great shots and story, Andy! I love that 1st castle shot also.

[jeff lapoint]

that castle shot is amazing! nothing that hasnt already been said, but it was just what i needed today. brings me back to the time i spent surfing in easkey (northern tip of the republic of ireland). way smaller castle there though!

2 days before the biggest exam of my life...just wanted to thank you for the relaxation and good memories that photo brought back to mehttp://dgrin.com/images/smilies/clap.gif. thats the beauty of dgrin and photography in general...not so much about the technique or gear (though that stuff is fun) but really about where your photos can take the viewer.

-j

[gubbs]

Hmmm.curry.

Hows 'ol china going with his stop signs ? :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol
andy confused me gus! he was telling me to take the third on the right at roundabouts, I didn't know where we were going until I realized he thought we went roundabouts anti clockwise :D

[gubbs]

lemme tell you, i was about ready to grab the wheel more than a coupla times, 'gus! :lol3
His hands were too full of CR's so the wheel was safe :rofl

[gus]

andy confused me gus! he was telling me to take the third on the right at roundabouts, I didn't know where we were going until I realized he thought we went roundabouts anti clockwise :DImagine a world without round-a-bouts :huh How would 0zzie drivers practice fist fighting ?

Gus

[erich6]

Awesome pictures Andy. Sounds like a great trip all-around. Good food, company, and photo-ops...hard to top that! Thanks for sharing!

Erich

[Pupator]

Several nice shots here, but this one is clearly the winner in my book. http://williams.smugmug.com/photos/23990644-L.jpg

[Andy]

Several nice shots here, but this one is clearly the winner in my book.


hey paul :wave and welcome to dgrin my friend -- so nice to see you again :D

thanks for the kind words, for joining, too. hope to see you share some of your excellent photography with us :deal

[Andy]

Absolutely gorgeous castle, Andy.

Is there a moat? or is that the water? Isn't there a plank that you ride the horses over to get to the castle?

ginger

not so much a moat, as a lake around the castle :D there's a long bridge, take alook again...

thanks for stopping, and commenting, i really appreciate it :D

[TristanP]

That first castle shot is a killer. Absolutely worth the abbreviated rest to capture it.