I wonder how many people in the UK are aware of the markings on our coinage. When placed in the right position they make up the Royal Coat of Arms. Since the old £1 coin was taken out of circulation the template has gone, but the Coat of Arms itself is still there if you are willing to look for it.
Whitstable harbour is famous for it's oysters more than its fishing fleet, had this been a week later there would have been thousands of people in the harbour as it is the annual Oyster festival. If you like Oysters, it is well worth a visit. Today, most oysters are pacific farmed oysters rather than the wild Whitstable oyster. The image is of a low tide at Whitstable harbour on the north Kent coast looking across towards the Isle of Sheppy. I had been waiting for a break in the cloud and was beginning to lose hope, then for a few minutes the sun found a small gap in the clouds and gave me this beautiful light.
I decided yo go with the three prime colours for this weeks challenge using flash gels, I tried firstly to create the image in just one shot using 3 flashes, but that didn't work, then I tried using the cameras multiple exposure setting, but again, that didn't work, so eventually I resorted to using Photoshop, so no extra credit this week. Because of the effect the flash has on the background, there was no obvious way to create a good selection for each figure without it looking unnatural, so I decided just to use a soft edged brush. My brother in law, as always was happy to model for me.
