National Trust!

[ped]

Hi guys

I joined the National Trust with my girlfriend the other week and we're making the most of it. Here are a few pictures and some randoms from around the same time.

Cheers


Claremont Landscape Garden - Belvedere Tower by chiscocks, on Flickr


Claremont Landscape Garden - Creepy Bench by chiscocks, on Flickr


Claremont Landscape Garden - Island by chiscocks, on Flickr


Karting by chiscocks, on Flickr


Fiber-Optic by chiscocks, on Flickr


www.threesixtydesign.co.uk by chiscocks, on Flickr


Fork In The Road/Don't Look Back by chiscocks, on Flickr

Thanks
ped

 

[Black]

Proof, if it were needed, that the RD-1 still has it.

 

[ped]

Thanks Black - yes I love everything about my R-D1.

 

[Black]

Well, obviously, its not just the camera 😉

 

[Michael Markey]

Nice Chris.
I`m doing the National Trust thing next week although they`re not very camera friendly as regards interiors I seem to recall.

 

[ped]

Well, obviously, its not just the camera 😉

Yes I suppose the lens has a part to play 😉

 

[ped]

Nice Chris.
I`m doing the National Trust thing next week although they`re not very camera friendly as regards interiors I seem to recall.

We decided to join as I'm opposite Cliveden and it made sense to pay for a year. I haven't been inside yet, so we will when it's raining and we're bored. I'm sure us Rangefinder folk can get around the no camera rule with some hyperfocal work 😉

Cheers

 

[ian_watts]

The National Trust no longer have the rule against photographing interiors. It was dropped a couple of years or so ago and handheld photography indoors is now permitted.

 

[Michael Markey]

That`s good to know Ian.
I remember taking pictures some years ago at one property of the Elizabethan doors and their ornate handles and locks.
I was stopped and asked what I was doing by a Steward, or whatever they are called.
"Just taking pictures of the locks " I replied.
Didn`t sound right somehow 🙂

 

[kuvvy]

Let my NT membership lapse recently and at £92 I won't be renewing soon. Did put it to good use though when I had it. Lots of places to use it and some good events held at these places.

Paul

 

[Muggins]

The NT seem to have relaxed lately. I visited Lacock Abbey in the spring and we were told that when that window was the only thing you were allowed to photograph, there was a constant queue - now there's maybe two or three people a day taking photos of it!

Anyway, if you want proof that they've relaxed a bit, try this from Lacock:


Woof Woof Grrr Woof Arff by gray1720, on Flickr

Adrian

 

[Michael Markey]

This all sounds rather positive.
I had a warm up today at a local pile ... not NT.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samlesbury_Hall

I`ll post if there`s anything decent.

 

[back alley]

national trust?

 

[Michael Markey]

Yes Joe , its an organisation which preserves historic buildings and land in the UK.

http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/what-we-do/

 

[back alley]

Yes Joe , its an organisation which preserves historic buildings and land in the UK.

http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/what-we-do/

thank you sir!
very interesting...

 

[Michael Markey]

thank you sir!
very interesting...

I think that there is a similar organisation in the States ...just can`t remember its name.

One of the early founders in the UK was Beartrix Potter who bought many farms ,in what is now know as the Lake District, and bequeathed them to the nation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrix_Potter

 

[back alley]

i'm pretty sure we have some in canada also...just don't know them...i am a terrible citizen.

 

[Michael Markey]

I would have thought so.
It was a low light affair today ...60/30th @f4 /5.6.
I had a CSonnar on the front so they may have been some focus shift.