Michael Kenna Exhibition, Banbury, Oxon UK

[bwakel]

Originally Posted by Leon

Barry - that's one of my favourite places - I've often spent the night at Waylands Smithy - would like to see how your pics turned out - I've never really got any successful pics of the area - I think it's all too "big" to capture on film.

I'm off to the exhibition this weekend - any tips for where to stay overnight? Is Banbury a nice place?

Leon, it must be pretty spooky at Wayland's Smithy over night. Was anything going on or was it a lone vigil?

I'll post a print of a shot of The Manger. I've only scanned it so far but it looks like it might make a nice print. I'll hopefully get round to printing it next week.

I don't know Banbury at all well. The Museum's right on the canal and the whole area has been nicely re-developed. You're actually some way from the town centre. I understand that the centre's quite oldie-worldy and quite attractive so you'll probably find somewhere to stay.

Barry

[Dave Miller]

Originally Posted by bwakel

Leon, it must be pretty spooky at Wayland's Smithy over night. Was anything going on or was it a lone vigil?

I'll post a print of a shot of The Manger. I've only scanned it so far but it looks like it might make a nice print. I'll hopefully get round to printing it next week.

I don't know Banbury at all well. The Museum's right on the canal and the whole area has been nicely re-developed. You're actually some way from the town centre. I understand that the centre's quite oldie-worldy and quite attractive so you'll probably find somewhere to stay.

Barry

The town centre is but a short walk through the shopping centre from the museum, and from what I saw, quite photogenic.

[Dave Miller]

Originally Posted by Leon

Barry - that's one of my favourite places - I've often spent the night at Waylands Smithy - would like to see how your pics turned out - I've never really got any successful pics of the area - I think it's all too "big" to capture on film.

I'm off to the exhibition this weekend - any tips for where to stay overnight? Is Banbury a nice place?

I don't know it well enough to be able to recommend a hotel, but if it helps the tourist information centre is by the museum and I've alway found them good for sorting out accommodation.

[mikeg]

Just got back from Banbury. I'm so glad I managed to make it to the exhibition. I found it very inspiring. Like others I was surprised at how small the images were. Very delicate, truly exquisite photos. His toning technique worked perfectly. I learnt a lot.

Mike

[Leon]

I went too - and was pretty much blown away- they were every bit as good as I hoped they might be. And, I bumped into mikeg (see above). I was hoping to have a bit more of a chat with him after I'd finished looking through the exhibition, but after looking through the books, I looked up and he'd gone. Maybe next time Mike

[mikeg]

Originally Posted by Leon

And, I bumped into mikeg (see above). I was hoping to have a bit more of a chat with him after I'd finished looking through the exhibition, but after looking through the books, I looked up and he'd gone. Maybe next time Mike

Sorry about that -- I was on a tight schedule and had to get back home to take the kids out. I'll probably come down to Ross-on-Wye for the day on the Saturday, so maybe see you there?

Cheers

Mike

[John_Brewer]

A cracking exhibition, made better by meeting Carl Radford and his better half Liz.

J

[Justin Cormack]

Was excellent; glad I made it before it finished.