Gubbs Trip

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Some of you may (or may not ) have noticed that I haven't been around for a while. Well the pics should tell you where we started!!

Flight VS001 London Heathrow - Newark 20/04/05



My brother lives just outside New York, so the first morning I was up early & grabbed a ride into the city with my brother on his way to work. A quick :rolleyes visit to B&H (what a shop) and then a wander around shooting whilst I waited for my wife and SIL to turn up at Penn Station

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Eventually Mrs G and SIL turned up for some lunch followed by an afternoon of shopping

Meet the SIL after a couple of Pinot Grigios

Andy

love your shots. it was great to see you for lunch that day in nyc - to bad - ahem - it rained on us!

gubbs

Thanks andy, the weather seemed to follow us from the UK I'm surprised that you couldn't have sorted it out for us! :

wxwax

Beautiful wing shot, Gubbsie. And I like this sucker a lot too, very NYC post-911 to my eyes.

Nikolai

Nice pikchas, John!
..but I wanna see the Death Valley
Cheers, mate! It was a pleasure to meet you guys!

gubbs

Thanks Sid and Nik, you'll have to be patient 2 weeks before DV

Friday we left my bothers for a couple of nights in the city rain stopped play a little but we all met up with andy for a good cuban lunch and then on to starbucks and GC. It was pretty dim but still managed to catch some chimping




andy (Cheers Mate )also happened to have a couple of spare tickets for the Yankees game, We don't know anything about baseball, but beer, hotdogs and popcorn are a great combination so, despite the cold we had a fantastic time, even though the Yankees were slaughtered :cry

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Up before dawn to shoot a little

The Plaza






I have got some night panos of the Plaza too but I need to sort out some decent stitching sw

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and then of course a little breakfast to set us up for the day

Steve Cavigliano

Super shots Gubbs, keep 'em coming

Love that tilt on the 2nd shot Your dear wife looks a bit cold in that Yankee Stadium shot......lol She must have loved Death Valley


Steve

Aussie_bluey

Great lot of photos, I also like the tilt on that shot.
TIM

Nikolai

Now I see

gubbs wrote:

and then of course a little breakfast to set us up for the day

...why she was NOT in the "modeling mood" in SF:-) You got there b4 us:-)
Very nice shots, Mr.Gubbsy, please bring more!
Cheers!

Stan

Nice Gubbsie, all those people shots and you did not get arrested, you must have been in stealth mode...

pathfinder

Stan wrote:

Nice Gubbsie, all those people shots and you did not get arrested, you must have been in stealth mode...

Great series Gubbsie. Your twilight shots are very nice - the statues and the hotel lights as well as the above shot too. I look forward for more of your work. Were all these shot with a tripod or handheld too?

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Steve Cavigliano wrote:

Super shots Gubbs, keep 'em coming

Love that tilt on the 2nd shot Your dear wife looks a bit cold in that Yankee Stadium shot......lol She must have loved Death Valley


Steve

Thanks Steve, she doesn't do cold well , You'll see that jumper a lot over the next few weeks

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Aussie_bluey wrote:

Great lot of photos, I also like the tilt on that shot.
TIM

Thanks Tim, some of the tilts were deliberate but I'm not sure about this one, My wife & SIL were 2 hours late so I killed some time in a couple of the Irish bars round Penn, so I may have to thank my good friend Sam Adams for this one

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pathfinder wrote:

Great series Gubbsie. Your twilight shots are very nice - the statues and the hotel lights as well as the above shot too. I look forward for more of your work. Were all these shot with a tripod or handheld too?

Thanks PF, I've got high hopes for the Plaza pano shots too once I get some sw sorted. The twilight shots were all on tripod.

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After breakfast a Horse & cart ride round central park was in order

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I didn't realize that these guys are almost exclusively Irish, our driver was originally from Tipperarie (sp??:D), moved over 19 years ago, very friendly, funny, knowledgeable and an altogether great guide


The horse gets her wages too

In conversation it came up that the driver had visited our home town of Reading on the way back from a wedding, He was mugged there, what a proud moment

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The weather was very British for most of the rest of the day so didn't shoot too much, we wandered down to Battery park and then back through Soho for some shopping (and the biggest sandwich ever )


before heading back through Time Square


And then off to Lexington & 51st for a bit of shopping for me

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To GCS to try out my new aquistion

Nir

Hey Gubbs! Fantastic set! I'm really enjoying your vacation

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Nir wrote:

Hey Gubbs! Fantastic set! I'm really enjoying your vacation

Thanks Nir, we had a great time too, plenty more to come! you'll be bored rotten by the end (assuming your not already!)

Last night in New York with my Brother, SIL & neice at Sparcs, wow what a steak



& you'll be releived to hear my last shot in NY

The Plaza foyer, before it closes down!!

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Next stop Minnesota, visiting Mrs G's Aunt & Uncle, a real contrast to New York!

Stan

gubbs wrote:

To GCS to try out my new aquistion

Very nice set, I am glad to see you have made the most of your time there, a 20D, and what was that EXIF? 12mm @f/4.0 and 17mm @f/2.8. I think you just paid for the whole trip

Stan

DavidTO

gubbs wrote:

To GCS to try out my new aquistion

Which was?

jwear

thanks
I am sorry we never talked after dinner ,I just assumed there would be time boy was I wrong ! great shots but then again most are I want to thank you for the heads up and my p2000 next to Harry the best advice I have received here well that and typing lessons

gubbs

Stan wrote:

Very nice set, I am glad to see you have made the most of your time there, a 20D, and what was that EXIF? 12mm @f/4.0 and 17mm @f/2.8. I think you just paid for the whole trip

Stan

Not quite, but it saved me a few quid the 10-22 is andy's, he very kindly lent it to me just in case I happened to buy the 20d (thanks again andy)

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DavidTO wrote:

Which was?

A 20d

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Aunt & Uncle G breed Icelandic Horses. Horses with big personalities!! I had loads of fun helping out with the quad bike!

Andy

gubbs wrote:

farmer g!!!

love the new added pics here.