[P-E]

Was in York yesterday and got chance to nip in the Minster and see how the new Canon 35mm 1.4L performed.

Here are just four shots which I have purposely not corrected the vertical perspective and given them my over processed look

[Keith Tate]

It has been a few years since I have been to York and forgot just how beautiful this place is. I would say the lens is working just great..... All excellent shots P-E......

[fionaB]

simply stunning.... i wanna go there!

[P-E]

I never tire of photographing the place Keith I love it along with Lincoln Cathedral.

The lens is certainly impressive looking at the RAW files straight out of the camera.

[P-E]

Originally Posted by fionaB

simply stunning.... i wanna go there!

You never ventured down to visit the Minster Fiona?

[lolyton]

From what i can see (obviously only the web size pics) the lens looks like it has coped brilliantly, Nicely framed shots.

[Rob Barron]

That's a cracking set of shots P_E. I used to live in Leeds so went to York, one of my top 5 cities in the world, very regularly. The Minster is a stunning building, a real work of craftsmanship. The lens has done the building justice... I'd keep it <g>

Cheers,
Rob

[Dabhand16]

Hey, Rob, is there anywhere you did not used to live?

[Dmodegirl]

-WOW-

[stepheno]

A first rate set P-E Whats the SP on using a camera in the Minster?

[fionaB]

nope pE not yet anyway, I am aa member of a small group on msn, we had a meetin in the lakes in May and someone has suggested a meet in York in the new Year so i may get a chance then! i have family on the outskirts of York so there isnt really much excuse not to go! lol

Fiona

[P-E]

Originally Posted by stepheno

Whats the SP on using a camera in the Minster?

Strictly no Pixalo Crew

Seriously though it is pretty relaxed........the majority of visitors walk around with a compact/SLR or video camera.

Can't remember seeing anyone with a tripod though

Lincoln Cathedral is pretty much the same (been again today ).......the only place I have visited and was unable to shoot was inside Durham Cathedral.....that was a no no.

Thanks again all.

Try and make the effort and go Fiona

[Rob Barron]

Originally Posted by Dabhand16

Hey, Rob, is there anywhere you did not used to live?

LOL, to be honest, not a lot Dab. Until I moved to Poole when I was 22 I had never lived anywhere for more than 3 years and most places a lot less. I was born on the Herts/Essex border (Bishops Stortford and lived in Harlow) but then went to live with my uncle on Merseyside (Wallasey). My family moved to Luton when I was 5 and I moved back to them but I then spent the next 5 years in and out of foster homes, 9 separate families in that time plus the NCH in Harpenden so I lived in lots of places within 100 miles of Luton.

I then got packed off to a boarding school in Wolverhampton (which was nicknamed Colditz for good reason!) before escaping (literally) to go and live with my mum, now divorced, in Leeds. We had a short time out of Leeds, up in Bassenthwaite in the Lake District, then in Skipton before back into Leeds. I went into the RAF from school so moved around a bit during that time, first RAF Swinderby (no longer exists!) near Lincoln, then RAF Halton near Aylsebury with secondment to RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire. After that I went briefly back to Yorkshire but then down to Dunstable. Whilst living in Dunstable I was a professional actor so spent most of my time living out of a suitcase around the country, in Europe, particularly Holland and Belgium and 9 months split over 3 years in Chicago, USA.

And finally, I moved from Dunstable down to Poole where I now live and have never been happier.

There you go, that, in a couple of paragraphs is my residential life so far. Been around plenty, got to know the UK extremely well, love going to America but also travelling to different parts with my beloved wife and shooting most of it with my camera.

Bet you wish you hadn't asked now eh Dab?

Cheers,
Rob