Stonehenge behind the scenes...

Mike LaneMike Lane Registered Users Posts: 7,106 Major grins
edited February 24, 2007 in The Big Picture
This may not be news to you Brits out there, but I was pleased to find out today that if you've got an extra £12 and a good alarm clock, you can get some groggy pics of Wiltshire's most touristy rock formation sans tourists. Actually they're open for sunset shots too.

So I've got myself the paperwork that would allow me to reserve a spot for up to 26 photographers on a given date. So is anyone interested? I figure we can get there crazy early to catch the sunrise then after we get our alloted 1 hour, we can head off to somewhere else like Avebury or ... well I don't really know the area that well so suggestions would be cool.

I hear you Brits like to go to pubs so I'm sure we could work in a pub at the end of the day assuming we can find one. :lol3
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited February 21, 2007
    Hey Mike,
    Mike Lane wrote:
    ...Wiltshire's most touristy rock formation sans tourists. ...
    So, you're saying it's not like Delicate Arch thingie:mwink.gif

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    I guess only one problem to resolve would be to decide who's shooting first light on the stones (from East shooting West) VS who's shooting the silhouette and the "star" (from West shooting East). deal.gif
    Decisions, decisions...mwink.gif
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  • Mike LaneMike Lane Registered Users Posts: 7,106 Major grins
    edited February 21, 2007
    Nikolai wrote:
    So, you're saying it's not like Delicate Arch thingie:mwink.gif

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    I guess only one problem to resolve would be to decide who's shooting first light on the stones (from East shooting West) VS who's shooting the silhouette and the "star" (from West shooting East). deal.gif
    Decisions, decisions...mwink.gif
    No, it's not quite like delicate arch. It's worse:

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    Please excuse the horrible terrible-ness of this shot, it wasn't supposed to be for public consumption. C&C not requested deal.gif

    The crowds were like this the whole way around even just today (my bro-in-law, William, and I went again today), a Wednesday in the early afternoon.
    Y'all don't want to hear me, you just want to dance.

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  • dogwooddogwood Registered Users Posts: 2,572 Major grins
    edited February 21, 2007
    Mike:

    You didn't need to go all the way to the UK for Stonehedge-- there's that replica in your old homestate of Washington-- just outside of Maryhill in the Columbia River gorge! Doesn't look nearly as crowded as the real thing for some reason...

    http://www.legendsofamerica.com/WA-Stonehenge.html
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  • Mike LaneMike Lane Registered Users Posts: 7,106 Major grins
    edited February 21, 2007
    dogwood wrote:
    Mike:

    You didn't need to go all the way to the UK for Stonehedge-- there's that replica in your old homestate of Washington-- just outside of Maryhill in the Columbia River gorge! Doesn't look nearly as crowded as the real thing for some reason...

    http://www.legendsofamerica.com/WA-Stonehenge.html
    That's hilarious! lol3.gif
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  • PhyxiusPhyxius Registered Users Posts: 1,396 Major grins
    edited February 21, 2007
    dogwood wrote:
    Mike:

    You didn't need to go all the way to the UK for Stonehedge-- there's that replica in your old homestate of Washington-- just outside of Maryhill in the Columbia River gorge! Doesn't look nearly as crowded as the real thing for some reason...
    Hehe, or you can see the basically abandonded FOAMHENGE in Natural Bridge, Virginia. A true replica.
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    Here's the info on it. :):


    Mike,
    I wish I could come. :(
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited February 21, 2007
    I wonder
    If the "crowd control" technique would work here (very dark ND, f/22 or more), to get you several minutes of exposure. Maybe the darn crowd would move? ne_nau.gifheadscratch.gif
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  • LuckyBobLuckyBob Registered Users Posts: 273 Major grins
    edited February 21, 2007
    Mike Lane wrote:
    dogwood wrote:
    Mike:

    You didn't need to go all the way to the UK for Stonehedge-- there's that replica in your old homestate of Washington-- just outside of Maryhill in the Columbia River gorge! Doesn't look nearly as crowded as the real thing for some reason...

    http://www.legendsofamerica.com/WA-Stonehenge.html
    That's hilarious! lol3.gif

    I'll dig up and post some shots from it. It's actually a pretty cool place.

    Edit: Threadjacking duly noted :D. Stonehenge - WA now has its own thread. My apologies. bowdown.gif
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  • BenA2BenA2 Registered Users Posts: 364 Major grins
    edited February 22, 2007
    LuckyBob wrote:
    I'll dig up and post some shots from it. It's actually a pretty cool place.
    Yeah, isn't that where we're having our next Washington shootout?

    Sorry, Mike, couldn't resist:D
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  • LuckyBobLuckyBob Registered Users Posts: 273 Major grins
    edited February 22, 2007
    There was talk at the brewery about a Columbia River George shoot mwink.gif
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  • Mike LaneMike Lane Registered Users Posts: 7,106 Major grins
    edited February 22, 2007
    dear kind brits, please do not be dissuaded by the threadjackers.
    Y'all don't want to hear me, you just want to dance.

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  • vangoghvangogh Registered Users Posts: 353 Major grins
    edited February 23, 2007
    Mike Lane wrote:
    dear kind brits, please do not be dissuaded by the threadjackers.

    I'm not :D . I'm definitely interested. When did you have in mind?. Its quite a long drive for me, about 3-4 hours from London, so it would probably be a weekend jaunt.

    Nicola
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  • Mike LaneMike Lane Registered Users Posts: 7,106 Major grins
    edited February 23, 2007
    vangogh wrote:
    I'm not :D . I'm definitely interested. When did you have in mind?. Its quite a long drive for me, about 3-4 hours from London, so it would probably be a weekend jaunt.

    Nicola
    I didn't have an exact date in mind yet. I'm actually hoping to be as close to the longest day of the year as possible. But I'd like to get max participation so if that doesn't work for everyone, then I'm flexible.
    Y'all don't want to hear me, you just want to dance.

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  • thebigskythebigsky Registered Users Posts: 1,052 Major grins
    edited February 23, 2007
    Well at least you won't have to worry about this lot :-)

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/wiltshire/6388723.stm

    http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/headlines/display.var.1215580.0.stonehenge_arrests.php

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  • StanStan Registered Users Posts: 1,077 Major grins
    edited February 23, 2007
    I was around there on the 30 dec but not on a Stonehenge mission. We arrived just after sun rise and the place was empty. Mid summer day gets a bit busy with people interested in the power of the stones and all that. Any day with a good sunrise is good but that is not easy to plan for in the UK. If I am free I would be interested.

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  • vangoghvangogh Registered Users Posts: 353 Major grins
    edited February 24, 2007
    Stan wrote:
    IMid summer day gets a bit busy with people interested in the power of the stones and all that.

    Of course what they all forget or don't know is that Stonehenge has lost its power & its actually Avebury (nearby) that is still active. :D I know, I felt the power as I drove past it once and had to make an immediate detour to investigate.
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  • Mike LaneMike Lane Registered Users Posts: 7,106 Major grins
    edited February 24, 2007
    Actually, good point. I'm thinking that stonehenge would be the start of the day followed by maybe woodhenge rolleyes1.gif and then Avebury and whatever else.
    Y'all don't want to hear me, you just want to dance.

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