Towards Kingston © 2011 Mufidah Kassalias
Another grey, grey day in Lewes, so here’s a photograph taken on a sunnier day to brighten the spirits. Although even here a large part of the hillside is in shadow, so the clouds must have been looming that day too.
One of the many views from Lewes Castle — this one facing south-west towards Kingston village, with St. Michael’s Church spire in the foreground, along with a few High Street rooftops.
Like the view over the roof tops. Summer seems a long way away right now as I can hear the gales outside as I type.
Thank you David :-) The wind has picked up here this afternoon, but so far no gales.
Gorgeous image, the colors and composition are wonderful.
Thanks for your comment and also for stopping by :-)
Wonderful shot
Thank you :-)
is that a wind vane at the top of the castle ? as a child I was very fascinated by them. we had quite a few of those in India(and I am assuming because of the English legacy) but I haven’t seen a lot in the US , at least in the part I’ve been to
Hmm … I think it’s a wind vane, I’ll have to go and check it out on a windy day and see if it’s changed direction. It’s not on the castle though, that’s St. Michael’s Church spire. A lot of the churches around here have something similar on top of their spires, so from now on I’m going to pay much more attention to them so I’ll know whether or not they’re weather vanes. Excuse the pun!
sorry, yes it is not the castle (i misread views ‘from’ as looking to) . The pun was funny :)
Glad you appreciated the pun!
I love this view you have captured with just the rooftops and the hills in the background! It’s a very nice perspective.
Thanks David, there’s something about rooftops that I really like, and it’s good to have the castle so close by as a great vantage point for taking rooftop shots.
You have a wonderful blog, with very good photographies…
Thank you for your kind comment, much appreciated :-)
“a view from a fairytale”
Great photo!
Thank you Pedro!
Outstanding rooftop view!
Thanks David :-)
What a wonderful photograph! I love the green hills..
We’re surrounded by green hills here, so wherever you look there they are!
I like that the half the hill side is in shadow and half in the sun. That’s the first thing which came to my notice :D
And I also love the buildings here. Great place! And great capture :)
Thanks Nandini! The shadow is huge over the hillside, even though there was so much sun elsewhere.
What a lovely landscape so richly captured. I like that you cropped the picture so that only the roofs are visible. Great, vivid and lush colours.
Thank you Otto. The picture is pretty much as I shot it, with only a small amount of cropping to remove the edge of a building on the left.
Beautiful! Great composition,Mufidah, and just wonderful. :)
Thanks Katie :-) I love the rooftops around here, they make great subjects — even if situated at the bottom of the frame.
What I like about this (as others have noted) is the fact that most of the buildings are just the rooftops! It’s a nice, refreshing view allowing me to enjoy the rolling hills all the more!
Thanks David, I decided not to have the rooftops fill the frame so that they could be seen in context with the surrounding hills and countryside.