> The V&A is an extra challenge to shoot...There is just so
> much stuff crammed in there...
That's one place I was _very_ glad to have the 24/2 -- the 'glass' room has
cases jammed full of insane heaps of different types of glass, and to get
the whole thing in shot at once I needed a wide enough lens to make up for
the other case I was about to back into..
Very impressive, and, yes, far too much in there to even come close to
seeing it all. (it's also worth thinking about a micro-tripod like these
ones: http://www.pedcopods.com/ for the times when you want to take a
1/2-second exposure; they fit nicely on the top of display cases and the
like for temporary stability without setting up a full-sized one)
> A day trip to Bath on the train is quite easy (Paddington Station), as are
> day trips to Oxford and Cambridge by bus or train.
Oxford on the bus is easier than Cambridge; the Oxford Tube / Citylink run
every 10 minutes starting outside Victoria (the next stop is on Hyde Park
Corner, which is handy if you're at that end of town and/or walking down
Oxford St); Cambridge is just Nat.Express every hour or two.
> Kew Gardens is a great
> place...Interesting combination of very formal and very natural.
As for wind here, there's always the greenhouses where all the tropical
stuff lives; http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/ shows them on the front page.
Oh, another suggestion -- buy a Time Out. That's the London what's on
paper, and that's your best bet for finding an exhibition/play/whatever that
you want to see -- lists what's going on at most of the major things in
London, which is a handy overview and more up-to-date than books can be.
-- dan
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