I saw on the DSLR User Forums that one of the members, TammyLynn, was organising a meeting at Gloucester for Sunday March 2nd. I was off that weekend so decided to tag along leaving my wife to take my mother out for Mother’s Day!

I arrived in Gloucester around 10.45 after a journey of two & a quarter hours & parked near the Historic Docks. I spent a while wandering round the docks & getting a few snaps before heading off for the cathedral to meet the others at 1pm.

There were 6 members from the forum who turned up plus 2 wives. It’s always interesting meeting people you’ve never met before & have just conversed online with.

We wandered around the cathedral for a couple of hours. I took quite a few HDR shots – the interior of churches is bread & butter for High Dynamic Range photos because of the huge differences in light levels in different parts of the building. All of the HDR shots were taken over a 5-stop range, all tripod mounted.

After the main part of the cathedral we went into the cloisters for a few shots. i recognised this section of the cathedral as the cloisters in the Harry Potter movies. Occasionaly choristers wandered back & forth making for some nice shots in their red cassocks.

After the cathedral we went into the town centre & found a coffee house for some well-earned refreshments before walking back down to the docks. I had the canon 100-400mm on the camera at this stage, having taken a few shots of seagulls flying near the cathedral. I was able to grab a few more shots around the docks with the 100-400 before the light faded too much.

I managed to get lost on the way out & 10 minutes after leaving the car park I recognised it as I drove past in the opposite direction. I eventually got home around 8pm.

A long day but very worthwhile even if it did take me 2 days to process the shots. Always great to meet some fellow ‘togs.