T's Snaps

[GrauGeist]

Nice shots!

Man, they go all out with the re-enactments back there, don't they?

 

[evangilder]

Nice stuff. The sepia one looks real vintage!

 

[vikingBerserker]

I agree. The one with the French medic is perfect!

 

[trackend]

The guy in the Bastogne snow trench was sweating his nuts off, he had all the winter gear on and its been 30+c today they used nearly a ton of salt to make the snowscene
I spoke to the collector of the stuff in this next picture and he has every model of Lee Enfield ever made including the specials, but his real love is ordinance he had some very rare stuff not just shoe mines but cascading shoes and glass anti detector mines that are very hard to get. Apparently its not the weapons that are hard to get its the kit that goes with them he spent 4 years gathering all the gear for maintaining his Vickers and he still has a couple of componants to find.

 

[GrauGeist]

It just occurred to me that in those photos, there's a good number of firearms. I thought that England had strict firearms laws, or is there special exemption for historical collectors?

 

[trackend]

re-enacters can get special dispensation GG and this usually comes under the blackpowder licence others only have deactivated weapons but as in the next shot they are not all deactivated

 

[Gnomey]

Nice stuff Lee! That sepia shot of the medic is excellent.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Most excellent sir! The first shot with the sepia added is perfect.

 

[trackend]

Thankyou gentlemen
Heres a slight contrast after Erics super back yard shots he inspired me to have a bash at shooting in my back garden so I hunted around and came up with this shot of my fountain rather than use a very slow shutter speed to mist up the water I thought I would use high speed (500th) to freeze it and it looks like Ice even though it was a very hot day yeasterday.

 

[GrauGeist]

Outstanding shot!

You got some great colors in there too!

 

[Gnomey]

Yeah that came out really nicely Lee, excellent shot!

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Even though it was hot that's very cool.

 

[ontos]

Great shots Lee, I agree with everyone else, the sepia shot is great. Looks vintage.

 

[trackend]

Not that this was a good shot or anything but I snapped this through the train window at Stratford Station, its the 2012 Olympic stadium under construction.
When I get time I'll go there and take some proper snaps, mainly for you guys in the Uk so you can see where your tax money is going its currently the largest construction site in Europe.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

WOW!!

 

[GrauGeist]

Looks like a pretty good sized stadium they're building.

Wonder if the venue is going to try and up-stage the show the Chinese put on last year...

 

[trackend]

Looks like a pretty good sized stadium they're building.

Wonder if the venue is going to try and up-stage the show the Chinese put on last year...

Not in a million years GG that would be impossible. the swimming complex looks rather good and having a moat right around the outside I think is a good idea according to the news it will also have and electric perimiter fence.

Well here I am at a poxy motel in Paddock wood to watch paint drying for the week but I managed to go for a walk with the wife yesterday along the seafront and took a couple of pics

 

[trackend]

Sorry for the double post but I was browsing my Dux FL images and I found images of a Seafire and the Moran that I must of missed I dont know how cause they came out not bad even if I say so myself.

 

[evangilder]

Those are nice, Lee. I think you guys held back on the nice weather for airshows when I was there 20 years ago. Unless you have gotten way better at Photoshop than I am, I see sunlight and some blue sky!

 

[Gnomey]

Certainly not something we've seen regularly this summer, has to be Photoshop

Good stuff Lee!