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Andy

Jul-14-2005, 01:31 PM

:wave hi everyone, i've been traveling a bit lately... 2x back and forth to london in the past week :uhoh.... i had the good fortune to meet up with our man gubbs again yesterday. of course, we started off with come some energizing food. mussels, and other delicacies. here are some proofs, i'm not done processing yet but wanted to share a few shots with everyone :D

http://williams.smugmug.com/photos/28383501-L.jpg

here's gubbsie looking up at those cows

http://williams.smugmug.com/photos/28385795-L.jpg

this is corfe castle, on the south coast of england

http://williams.smugmug.com/photos/28392909-L.jpg

good thing we ate, because there were a zillion steps to climb up to get some sweetlight castle views

http://williams.smugmug.com/photos/28385829-L.jpg

http://williams.smugmug.com/photos/28385852-L.jpg

http://williams.smugmug.com/photos/28385812-L.jpg

after a nice dinner, it was time for bed and then a 350am wakeup call so we could get down to the coast near a place called durdle door, where we saw this at 5am:

http://williams.smugmug.com/photos/28383498-L.jpg

and from the opposite side, the arch at durdle door:

http://williams.smugmug.com/photos/28405042-L.jpg

10 minutes later the fog rolled in and we were shut-out :uhoh

all in all, a great trip though, good times, good company, and of course, good food :food :lol3

Higgmeister

Jul-14-2005, 01:50 PM

Kinda nice to be able to see all these places and have time to shoot as well. 5am is a tad (6hrs) too early for me so I'll just have to look at your shots instead. I really like the orange sunset shot; just had to get the cow in there too (left side silhouette) I see.

Nice proofs,
Chris

KevinKal

Jul-14-2005, 02:26 PM

Great series of pictures Andy, and I'd love to see the ones you finish processinig. Awfully lucky that you get to travel so much - twice in 1 month to the UK is just downright making me jealous :cry . Do you travel for business or pleasure?

Cheers,
Kevin K.

Andy

Jul-14-2005, 02:35 PM

the corfe cemetary, where all the old corfes are resting.

http://williams.smugmug.com/photos/28393610-L.jpg

John Mueller

Jul-14-2005, 03:31 PM

Andy,your one lucky person to travel around the globe and capture wonderful images:thumb

USAIR

Jul-14-2005, 03:41 PM

Wow what great scenery just beatuful :clap:clap:clap:clap:clap
Hope I can go there some day
Great stuff :thumb

Thanks
Fred

Skippy

Jul-14-2005, 04:15 PM

:wave hi everyone, i've been traveling a bit lately... 2x back and forth to london in the past week :uhoh.... i had the good fortune to meet up with our man gubbs again yesterday. of course, we started off with come some energizing food. mussels, and other delicacies. here are some proofs, i'm not done processing yet but wanted to share a few shots with everyone :D
here's gubbsie looking up at those cows
this is corfe castle, on the south coast of england
good thing we ate, because there were a zillion steps to climb up to get some sweetlight castle views
after a nice dinner, it was time for bed and then a 350am wakeup call so we could get down to the coast near a place called durdle door, where we saw this at 5am:
10 minutes later the fog rolled in and we were shut-out :uhoh
all in all, a great trip though, good times, good company, and of course, good food :food :lol3Well I picked it straight away..........anyone else :rolleyes
Notice the shot with the Muscles on the plate out in the open....
.......and ....look carefully.......notice what's missing :scratch
NO FLIES :rofl :lol4 :lol Andy over here you only gotta mention the words EAT OUTSIDE and the flies come from no where I tell you, they even bring their own knives and forks too :rofl

You sure do get around don't you.........the Castles spread throughout Europe are just amazing .....love those low light shots, your quite a master at that.
Thanks for sharing, glad you had a great time with Gubbsy.....nice series.
Skippy (Australia)

MuskyDude

Jul-14-2005, 05:16 PM

Did you get to pick out which cow would be joining you for supper? :D

Awesome shots btw, you did durdle door divinely dude! :clap

AJ

Andy

Jul-14-2005, 05:20 PM

one more, of the castle in the last light

http://williams.smugmug.com/photos/28408880-L.jpg

marlof

Jul-14-2005, 10:02 PM

Nice series, I especially like the cows in front of the castle.

Andy

Jul-15-2005, 03:59 AM

photocat

Jul-15-2005, 04:10 AM

Your last one has to be my favorite. The flowers with the castle as backdrop.
The mussels make me long for good old belgian mussels, with good belgian fries. (No fries like in Belgium here in UK... sorry brits!)
Lots of curves in the photo's Andy, the stepping wood in the grass...
You need to come to York one day, you will go photo crazy.
Glad you and Gubbs had a good time.

Thanks for sharing your experiences with us.

Phil U.

Jul-15-2005, 04:18 AM

Cool stuff andy. I'm especially drawn to the curvy compositions of the Durdle Door shots. The fog was knocking on the door at that point wasn't it. The distance is just dropped into nothingness. Very clear water there. We can see into it in the arch shot. Lots to look at in these. :thumb

rahmonster

Jul-15-2005, 04:43 AM

Just beautiful Andy. I really love your compositions. As always your pictures are lovely. Oh, and those mussels look yummy!:clap

Andy

Jul-15-2005, 06:55 AM

Do you travel for business or pleasure?

Cheers,
Kevin K.

:wave hiya kevin - thanks for stopping by and the kind words... i travel alot on business, often to europe, the uk and california... and i try to travel alot with the family, too- in fact we're heading to the beach for a week tomorrow :thumb

cheers

Andy

Jul-15-2005, 11:00 AM

Andy,your one lucky person to travel around the globe and capture wonderful images:thumb

i am, john, i am... thanks for looking and commenting :thumb

Nikolai

Jul-15-2005, 02:09 PM

Especially this dusk/dawn ruines one.. I'm green with envy:-):rolleyes
Cheers!:1drink

jthomas

Jul-16-2005, 12:09 PM

Well I picked it straight away..........anyone else :rolleyes
Notice the shot with the Muscles on the plate out in the open....
Muscles? I don't see any muscles. Gubbsy looks pretty flabby to me.

Maybe the mussels will give him some!:rofl

gus

Jul-16-2005, 01:09 PM

Andy

Jul-16-2005, 05:15 PM

Great to see the pommie countryside....just finished watching the bill & am sick of housing developments.

Mate if i may be so forward to ask...what is different here ?...the shots dont look like your style or camera :scratch :dunno

hey 'gus ... no problem - i'll answer any question you've got ... can you be a bit more specific though, and please don't hold back ympb!

Skippy

Jul-17-2005, 04:33 AM

Muscles? I don't see any muscles. Gubbsy looks pretty flabby to me.

Maybe the mussels will give him some!:rofl
Muscles and work........on the brain......forgive me I work in the Medical Field hehehe Skippy (Australia)

gubbs

Jul-17-2005, 01:10 PM

Muscles? I don't see any muscles. Gubbsy looks pretty flabby to me.

Maybe the mussels will give him some!:rofl
:flip

gubbs

Jul-17-2005, 02:08 PM

andy,

great shots and a great day... thanks :thumb

BigAl

Jul-18-2005, 02:05 AM

Nice series Andy :thumb I really like the one of the ruins with the sunset/rise.

Tell me, is that a raw egg in the cup next to the mussels :eek1

regards
alan

Nir

Jul-18-2005, 03:36 AM

Beautiful shots Andy!! as usual!

Stan

Jul-18-2005, 04:19 PM

Well I picked it straight away..........anyone else :rolleyes
Notice the shot with the Muscles on the plate out in the open....
.......and ....look carefully.......notice what's missing :scratch
NO FLIES :rofl :lol4 :lol Andy over here you only gotta mention the words EAT OUTSIDE and the flies come from no where I tell you, they even bring their own knives and forks too :rofl

You sure do get around don't you.........the Castles spread throughout Europe are just amazing .....love those low light shots, your quite a master at that.
Thanks for sharing, glad you had a great time with Gubbsy.....nice series.
Skippy (Australia)

I noticed it... NEVER EAT SHELL FISH WHEN THERE IS AN R IN THE MONTH. Obviously not in the southern hemisphere, but here, thats not good :sick . Beautiful shots of Durdle Door, it brings back memories of my mothers dog:splat it jumped

Andy

Jul-21-2005, 07:15 AM

Nice series Andy :thumb I really like the one of the ruins with the sunset/rise.

Tell me, is that a raw egg in the cup next to the mussels :eek1

regards
alan

thanks for looking and commenting, alan :D that's a lemon :lol3

ginger_55

Jul-21-2005, 07:23 AM

Andy, that first stuff you posted, I think that is the best stuff I have seen you do.

Of course, it may just be the cows. I love cows and goats: don't tell Lynne, but if she had put her goats in the challenge it would have been on my list.

And that makes me think: where are the livestock around here....love them. Maybe I will go to Charlotte after all: it is in the middle of the Carolinas, more livestock.

But there are other shots: the simple walkway w the flowers, then the grand shot down to the water.........love them.

I would not have used IR on the cemetery, but then it is the artist's call. And, funny, but the selective DOF does not work for me either: can't stand blur :rofl , in that shot alone, I guess.

Hey, Andy, you are getting good!

ginger

Andy

Jul-23-2005, 04:30 PM

Beautiful shots Andy!! as usual!

tx nir :D