Flint Wall, a photo from West Sussex, England

Photographer's Note

Flint walls can be found throughout both the English counties of East and West Sussex. Flint is an impure opaque microcrystalline greyish-black form of quartz that occurs in chalk. Flint has been used extensively as a building material throughout southern England since Roman times, where no good building stone was available locally, and brick making did not become widespread until the later middle ages.
This particular wall runs along the riverbank of the River Adur at Shoreham-by-sea, West Sussex.

Budapestman, jhm, csabagaba, abmdsudi, vasilpro, Charo, delpeoples has marked this note useful

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Budapestman (82620) 2011-04-26 2:44

Hi Brian,
a very spectacular photo with superb composition, the perspective of the photo is great, beautiful view, Tfs! Have a nice day! Kellemes napot kнvбnok!
Gyцrgy

Nicou (193814) 2011-04-26 2:58

Hello

quel cadrage et perspective, sueprbe iamge ce long vieux mur avec les fleurs d'un cфtй l'eau de l'autre, fantastique.

bravo et maitiй

Nicou

jhm (211738) 2011-04-26 4:00

Hello Brian,

You chose a very well angle this gives depth and perspectrive.
The narrow wall leads us very depth to the background
Splendid composition, very well presentation as sharpness and clarity.
Very well done, TFS.

Best regards,
John.

csabagaba (7018) 2011-04-26 5:42

Hi Brian!
Interesting wall. I think that this is the design of Roman origin, the Romans used this system was first widely used. This pretty much corresponds to the poured concrete wall, and, indeed, have been applied where there was not enough, natural building materials. The photo shows this is perfect, the colors and the composition is, of course, the usual high standard.
Sincerely,
Csaba

abmdsudi (95869) 2011-04-26 5:49

Hi Brian
Your note is equally interesting as well as your picture, something new to me. This is great about TE. Impressive image with looong perspective and great depth emphasizing on the wall in good detail. Love the diagonal and meadearing river guiding us through the landscape nicely. Excellent light quality in rich color tones, sharpness and good textures. The blue sky and river provide nice touch of overall colors. Suoperb capture my friend, Congrats.
Best regards

dkmurphys (79209) 2011-04-26 11:33

Hi Brian,
One line composition. A detail of once important structure. Good POV, well captured.
Have a good night.

leo61 (0) 2011-04-26 11:36

A wall surrounded by rich vegetation in good light.Like vour POV here and the depth of the image.
Leo

vasilpro (41801) 2011-04-26 14:23

Hello Brian,
Wonderful composition with very nice depth feeling, excellent POV, lovely light and colors, very good contrast.
Have a nice evening, Vasilis.

Charo (51290) 2011-04-26 17:17

Hello Brian,
Deep into this trap that leads the eye along the stone wall.
Very beautiful landscape with a very spring.
Excellent light and colors.
Best regards,
Charo

delpeoples (60342) 2011-04-27 5:41

Hi Brian

This photo is very particular. I like the strong saturation and the converging vertical lines, again perfectly complemented by the vertical frame. These walls remind me a little of the famine walls in Ireland and they are also an important part of the history of these areas. Thanks for sharing and I wish you a beautiful day.

Warm regards
Lisa

bema (26591) 2011-04-28 11:55

Hi Brian,

a picture i like because of several things:

first i like the famous depth, second i like the rich colors.. and a t least there are two objects in this picture, i knew from other ones.. the brigde and the colza-field far in the background..

have a nice evening, see you soon, regards Bernd

faletiz (10113) 2011-04-28 12:30

Hello Brian the old wall across the photo with a beautiful diagonal boosted by river. Beautiful light and great depth.
Cheers
Letizia

emka (158900) 2011-05-02 19:37

Hi Brian,

Very original composition. Great depth, this wall seems so long, nice countryside, beautiful colours. well done!

Warm regards

Malgorzata