*** This Week Through Your Eyes 2023.08.12 ***

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Wormsmeat has asked me to stand in for him this week, as he is away. So it is my pleasure to kick off this weeks thread.

Little Discoveries

Whilst in Battle we decided to aimlessly explore the Romney marsh area. At a certain point we came across a small country church, that for some reason attracted my attention (St Clement's Church Old Romney). So we stopped to take a look. It was open, and inside we found a curious interior with the nave taken up entirely with box pews. It boasted an original medieval timber roof, and the whole atmosphere of the inside was lovely. Frankly I found this little minor monument far more interesting than Battle Abby that we paid through the nose to visit. Derek Jarman, a rebel best known for his "punk" film Jubilee is buried in the quiet little churchyard.

We decided to try and find a fish restaurant in Hastings. Hastings is a typical British seaside resort that has seen better days, But searching for a car park we ended up in the old town, with its strange fishermen's huts.

We took a look at Rye, which was much nicer and quieter than I expected for a well known "pretty town".

St Clement's Church Old Romney:

Hastings:

We took a look at the backstreets of Rye:

Petts Level

Our hotel had a wonderful lake out the back.

Galloway Coast

Took a walk along the coast from Isle of Whithorn - not an island, at least not nowadays.

Navigation markers on the headland above the harbour.

Looking back towards Isle of Whithorn. The striped weathering of the rocks caught my eye.

Tortured rocks.

I tried playing with Intentional Camera Movement, but the wind was too strong to be able to control the movement accuratey. This one seemed slightly interesting.

Burrowhead flowers. It was near this point that the final scene of the cult film The Wicker Man was shot. Many of the locals acted as extras.

An old steading on the return path.

Royal horse guards

I used my rudimentary PS skills to clear people and vehicles

I noticed the juxtaposition of the Wellington Statue a bit late and I could not change my position. I should go there again and wait a better composition.

I really likes the bright clear seascape shots, I want to be there. The folded stata is interesting too. Looks like you had a lovely walk.

Looks pretty good to me, the retouching is done well. Nice composition too.

What a little gem that church is. I love the pink pews. Derek Jarman had a famously unusual garden out on the marshes, within sight of the power station I think. I believe it's still open to the public.
The fishermen's huts are a wonderful subject.
The colour of the churned up chalky sea always fascinates me.
Great varied and enjoyable set.

Love this! I think this composition is probably better than something more contrived.

Nobody.

Great series, but this one is my fave.

Fantastic series, but this one is my choice...

My choice, just right.

Really like the dash of colour in this grey day picture. Good one.

A nice picture. It would interest me to see what you removed. The picture you present makes Hyde Park Corner look like the peceful oasis it is not, with all the traffic going around!

David

Soup city. It's small part of Tartu, which got it's name probably from street names, which are all named after vegetables. And streets are named so because in old times it used to be garden area for city to grow vegetables. Nowadays it's hippie area consisting mostly of old wooden buildings.

Looks like an interesting area to explore.

Definitely interesting rock formations and this ICM was quite a bit interesting .