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brij2006 · August 2014

@hoffse You are back from England, and I demand you AW some pictures.

Please? :-D

hoffse · August 2014

brij2006 said:

@hoffse You are back from England, and I demand you AW some pictures.

Please? :-D

I will try to do a few tonight, I promise! We are moving to the new house this weekend, and we've been packing until late each night!

I'll give you a teaser though... we had stone circle access tickets to Stonehenge on our final day. We were there at 6:15 in the morning in the hopes of catching a sunrise. We lucked out with an absolutely spectacular sunrise! I really couldn't believe it - we were expecting it to be rainy and gross! Those photos are hands down my favorite

brij2006 · August 2014

Oooh yay! That is awesome! Stonehenge is beautiful, especially at sunrise. Can't wait to see them!

hoffse · August 2014

OK here are a few pics - I have so many that they're taking a long time to load on my computer. These are from our first two days in Canterbury and at Hampton Court Palace (where Henry VIII lived). Also a few shots of London (St. Paul's at night and St. Pancras train station).

I'll post some Stonehenge pics in a separate post once they've downloaded!

I tried to get a good shot of Big Ben, but it's actually pretty hard to photograph. The light is usually all wrong. I got a couple shots that were halfway decent.

hoffse · August 2014

OK a few more before Stonehenge because I can't help myself: York Minster, Windsor Castle, Royal Albert Hall right before a concert, and my best shots of Big Ben.

Also - we took a detour to Winchester one day and saw the Round Table (as in "knights of") and the cathedral there. We saw 8 churches, cathedrals, abbeys, etc. and it was probably our favorite. Jane Austen is buried there.

hoffse · August 2014

And finally.... the photos that excite me the most. I couldn't believe our luck with the light that morning. The first couple photos show the mist - it's pretty true to how it looked when we drove up. A lot of people had problems with exposure, but my camera dealt with it pretty well, and I like some of the back-lit shots. Actually, it really performed like a champ through the entire trip. I bought it last November, specifically for low-light because I like to photograph the interiors of buildings. Honestly I wasn't expecting much given the price I paid for it ($200, originally $400). I was super happy with its performance overall. This is really the first time I've put it to the test.

By the way, it was in the 40's that morning. We were NOT prepared!

brij2006 · August 2014

Love them all!!!!! The ones from Stonehenge really turned out beautifully, and your camera definitely did great capture the interior of the cathedrals. Especially since most of them you can't use flash. That makes it so tricky.

jessica490 · August 2014

Gorgeous! It's like a whole other world out there!

formerlyGDaisy09 · August 2014

Beautiful! looks like you guys had an amazing trip!

Xstatic3333 · August 2014

I love them! Especially Stonehenge.

History nerd question: who is the "Thomas" from the picture in your first post?

strickland8052 · August 2014

Lovely pictures!!!

hoffse · August 2014

Xstatic3333 said:

I love them! Especially Stonehenge. History nerd question: who is the "Thomas" from the picture in your first post?

Thomas Becket - he was the archbishop of Canterbury at one point, but was assassinated inside the the cathedral by four knights who received somewhat ambiguous "orders" from the king (maybe, maybe not). He was canonized as a saint and is buried there.

Xstatic3333 · August 2014

hoffse said:

Xstatic3333 said:

I love them! Especially Stonehenge.

History nerd question: who is the "Thomas" from the picture in your first post?

Thomas Becket - he was the archbishop of Canterbury at one point, but was assassinated inside the the cathedral by four knights who received somewhat ambiguous "orders" from the king (maybe, maybe not). He was canonized as a saint and is buried there.

Neat! I was wondering if it was him.

Mom987 · August 2014

Wow I love all of them!!

mana8503 · August 2014

Amazing pictures!

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