Gubbs Trip

gubbsgubbs Registered Users Posts: 3,166 Major grins
edited July 7, 2005 in Journeys
Some of you may (or may not :D) 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

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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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  • gubbsgubbs Registered Users Posts: 3,166 Major grins
    edited May 12, 2005
    Eventually Mrs G and SIL turned up for some lunch followed by an afternoon of shopping umph.gif

    Meet the SIL after a couple of Pinot Grigios
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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited May 12, 2005
    love your shots. it was great to see you for lunch that day in nyc - to bad - ahem - it rained on us! lol3.gif
  • gubbsgubbs Registered Users Posts: 3,166 Major grins
    edited May 13, 2005
    Thanks andy, the weather seemed to follow us from the UK rolleyes1.gif I'm surprised that you couldn't have sorted it out for us! :):
  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited May 13, 2005
    Beautiful wing shot, Gubbsie. And I like this sucker a lot too, very NYC post-911 to my eyes.

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    Sid.
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited May 13, 2005
    Nice pikchas, John!
    ..but I wanna see the Death Valley :D
    Cheers, mate! It was a pleasure to meet you guys!1drink.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • gubbsgubbs Registered Users Posts: 3,166 Major grins
    edited May 13, 2005
    Thanks Sid and Nik, you'll have to be patient 2 weeks before DV :D

    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


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    andy (Cheers Mate thumb.gif)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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  • gubbsgubbs Registered Users Posts: 3,166 Major grins
    edited May 13, 2005
    Up before dawn to shoot a little

    The Plaza
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    I have got some night panos of the Plaza too but I need to sort out some decent stitching sw
  • gubbsgubbs Registered Users Posts: 3,166 Major grins
    edited May 13, 2005
    and then of course a little breakfast to set us up for the day

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  • Steve CaviglianoSteve Cavigliano Super Moderators Posts: 3,599 moderator
    edited May 13, 2005
    Super shots Gubbs, keep 'em coming thumb.gifthumb.gif

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


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  • Aussie_blueyAussie_bluey Registered Users Posts: 593 Major grins
    edited May 13, 2005
    Great lot of photos, I also like the tilt on that shot.
    TIM
    :rofl Laugh at life, otherwise you will cry.:rofl
  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited May 13, 2005
    Now I see
    gubbs wrote:
    and then of course a little breakfast to set us up for the day

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    ...why she was NOT in the "modeling mood" in SF:-) You got there b4 us:-)
    Very nice shots, Mr.Gubbsy, please bring more!thumb.gif
    Cheers!1drink.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • StanStan Registered Users Posts: 1,077 Major grins
    edited May 13, 2005
    Nice Gubbsie, all those people shots and you did not get arrested, you must have been in stealth mode...

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  • pathfinderpathfinder Super Moderators Posts: 14,694 moderator
    edited May 14, 2005
    Stan wrote:
    Nice Gubbsie, all those people shots and you did not get arrested, you must have been in stealth mode...

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    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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  • gubbsgubbs Registered Users Posts: 3,166 Major grins
    edited May 14, 2005
    Super shots Gubbs, keep 'em coming thumb.gifthumb.gif

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


    Steve
    Thanks Steve, she doesn't do cold well rolleyes1.gif, You'll see that jumper a lot over the next few weeks :D
  • gubbsgubbs Registered Users Posts: 3,166 Major grins
    edited May 14, 2005
    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 rolleyes1.gif
  • gubbsgubbs Registered Users Posts: 3,166 Major grins
    edited May 14, 2005
    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. thumb.gif
  • gubbsgubbs Registered Users Posts: 3,166 Major grins
    edited May 14, 2005
    After breakfast a Horse & cart ride round central park was in order

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  • gubbsgubbs Registered Users Posts: 3,166 Major grins
    edited May 14, 2005
    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

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    The horse gets her wages too :D
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    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 rolleyes1.gif
  • gubbsgubbs Registered Users Posts: 3,166 Major grins
    edited May 14, 2005
    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 :D)

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    before heading back through Time Square
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    And then off to Lexington & 51st for a bit of shopping for me :D
  • gubbsgubbs Registered Users Posts: 3,166 Major grins
    edited May 14, 2005
    To GCS to try out my new aquistion
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  • NirNir Registered Users Posts: 1,400 Major grins
    edited May 14, 2005
    Hey Gubbs! Fantastic set! I'm really enjoying your vacation rolleyes1.gif
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  • gubbsgubbs Registered Users Posts: 3,166 Major grins
    edited May 14, 2005
    Nir wrote:
    Hey Gubbs! Fantastic set! I'm really enjoying your vacation rolleyes1.gif
    Thanks Nir, we had a great time too, plenty more to come! you'll be bored rotten by the end rolleyes1.gif(assuming your not already!)

    Last night in New York with my Brother, SIL & neice at Sparcs, wow what a steak 10944573-Ti.gif

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

    The Plaza foyer, before it closes down!!
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  • gubbsgubbs Registered Users Posts: 3,166 Major grins
    edited May 15, 2005
    Next stop Minnesota, visiting Mrs G's Aunt & Uncle, a real contrast to New York!

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  • StanStan Registered Users Posts: 1,077 Major grins
    edited May 15, 2005
    gubbs wrote:
    To GCS to try out my new aquistion
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    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 thumb.gif

    Stan
  • DavidTODavidTO Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 19,160 Major grins
    edited May 16, 2005
    gubbs wrote:
    To GCS to try out my new aquistion


    Which was?
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  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,005 Major grins
    edited May 16, 2005
    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 thumb.gif 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 :D
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  • gubbsgubbs Registered Users Posts: 3,166 Major grins
    edited May 16, 2005
    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 thumb.gif

    Stan
    Not quite, but it saved me a few quid :D the 10-22 is andy's, he very kindly lent it to me just in case I happened to buy the 20d rolleyes1.gif(thanks again andythumb.gif)
  • gubbsgubbs Registered Users Posts: 3,166 Major grins
    edited May 16, 2005
    DavidTO wrote:
    Which was?
    A 20d :D
  • gubbsgubbs Registered Users Posts: 3,166 Major grins
    edited May 16, 2005
    Aunt & Uncle G breed Icelandic Horses. Horses with big personalities!! I had loads of fun helping out with the quad bike! :D

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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited May 16, 2005
    gubbs wrote:

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    farmer g!!! lol3.gif

    love the new added pics here.
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