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St Thomas Becket Church, Fairfield, Romney Marsh, Kent
Apart from Dungeness this church was the other location on my bucket list for this part of England and had been for the last 3 years since I first saw a shot of it. The design and apparent remoteness of it with the water channels all around grabbed me and I've wanted to shoot it for a long time but even in Winter it's a struggle for me to get across for a sunrise.
The small church of St Thomas Becket at Fairfield stands on the edge of both Walland Marsh and the county of Kent. Possibly the most isolated church in the county, access requires sensible footwear and the crossing of a field. The hamlet which gives the church its name is a small dispersed, agricultural community.
In this remotest area of the marsh, the population has always been small and scattered. The land here was drained later than in other areas and due to the Black Death its population never developed in the manner which had been anticipated. The monks of Christ Church Canterbury had been licensed to drain this part of the marsh and thus the church was dedicated to the recently martyred Archbishop of Canterbury Saint Thomas Becket. This church is often listed as "St Thomas a Becket", however the "a" is a Victorian addition.
It has been suggested that the church survives from a "lost" village, of which there are several others on the marsh, but no evidence of a significantly larger settlement has ever been found. In 1293, it is recorded that the church at Fairfield was made of materials that were easily expendable should the building cease to be required for worship. This would suggest it was built on a suitably small scale to serve the limited number of people who lived and worked on the land here.
The road that leads to Fairfield runs along an embankment known as the Great Wall or Great Cordon, an early man made barrier to prevent inundation from the sea. Inspection of the land levels on either side indicate a higher land level to the west, caused by the deposition of sand and shingle at the time when this place was a far marsh outpost. It may assume that the inhabitants of Fairfield were expected to maintain the wall until such time that the land on the far side of the wall was drained, in the 15th century. izi.travel/en/b52d-st-thomas-becket-church-fairfield-feat...
It is sometimes called St Thomas a'Becket Church but the a' was a Victorian addition I gather. I'd shot this earlier at sunset but it works both times of the day so I returned and this was one of the shots I got. pretty much a blue sky morning apart from a bank of cloud on the horizon so I decided to get close, whip out the wonderful RF15-35mm f/2.8 lens and go for a focus stacked image with a sunstar. OK, sunstars are a bit 'cheesy' but I like them and when you don't have much in the sky to work with I think they are very useful.
This may be my last post before Christmas - not sure. I'll assume it is and take the opportunity to wish you all a very Merry Christmas with your family and friends and hope you recharge your creative batteries.
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A walk in the woods is good for the soul...
Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, Boynton Beach Florida
I watched a YouTube video recently that discussed the lens I used to snap this picture.
It's a 7Artisans 4mm fisheye. As described in the video I linked to above there are some quirks with this lens like the odd border around the image circle and the possibility to get lens flare outside of the circle. I managed to get the lens flare he talked about. In post I pushed the sliders to the point where some extra oddities appeared. I need to also mention the oddity of having the top of my fuzzy old dome of a head in the picture. I have to hold the camera like a cell phone otherwise there are fingers in the picture. I don't know if it was the bright sunlight or it's just the way the lens renders but the images seem to have a mirror ball sort of shine them.
Seeing the sun set and awaiting blue hour and a starry summer night while having a coffee and a beer. This is part of a timelapse section.
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A fabulous day on Friday so we made the most of the weather and went to Llangorse Lake. I have done loads of sliding on this shot as there was loads of lens flare but I feel very pleased with myself that I have managed to sort it out in Photoshop - quite something for the old girl - the saying can't teach an old dog new tricks is very true in my case!
This is a sculpture along the Swansea seafront which I think represents a cardinal buoy (happy to be corrected!) HMT!
So with the forecast of clear skies.... I mean really? I headed to Durdle this morning for the starburst window that is now well and truly underway.
That sliver of light, the tide on its way out meaning there was a pristine beach, it was just perfect!
There was only about half a dozen of us so not too much clash of the tripods!! The burst did get more intense but I think the earlier shots look a but more natural.
Mist and sunlight is such a nice combination.
Enjoy!
(do yourself a favour and click L for a full-screen)
Day 61 of Project 365/2021 (Monday, March 1 - 12th consecutive daily photo): This glorious sunstar was captured over ice-covered Crescent Lake about 5:00 p.m. (EST) today.
It's why we drink too much on Friday nights
Raise our hand in the neon lights
Sweet Home Alabama and Ring of Fire
I could sing along 'til the day I die
Why we break up and fall back in love
Why we roll around in a bed of a truck
Why we all stop when we hear that one and she whispers turn it up...
For a second we're bulletproof
We get lost in a song or two
The world don't move, and all I need is you
Three chords and the truth
-Chase Rice
The lack of cloud was a bit of a disappointment on Thursday so I returned to Higger Tor this morning.
I had a prime lens in the bag so I thought I might as well get a sunstar shot.
A SunStar - peeking through
A huge and green Bamboo
Even visible from far
This lovely golden Star
Which is most of all
For our Delight
Until a cold November Night
Switches off
This wonderful and warming Light
(Caren)
Taken in a Wild Garden in West Wales (Ceredigion)
using my Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ200
Æ’/2,8
4.5 mm
1/320 Sec
ISO 200
Dedicated to CRA (ILYWAMHASAM)
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