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A visit to Margate caves.


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Mining on this site began during the 18th century, as chalk was a useful commodity during that time.

There are references to the reigning King George III in paintings on various walls.

During the Victorian period, the caves were opened as a tourist attraction and have been modified and, latterly restored since then.

 

It’s currently leased from Thanet District Council, and managed by the Margate caves community education trust.

 

These caves are about 5 Km from us, and we visited with my grand daughter last Sunday morning.

I took with me my D3300 set to ISO 1600 and Af-s DX 10-20mm for the venture.

 

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Nice documentation of an interesting place. Too bad for all the railings. They should at least be pewter gray. Cloning them out is so time consuming.



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Nice documentation of an interesting place. Too bad for all the railings. They should at least be pewter gray. Cloning them out is so time consuming.

 

Thanks for comments.

I quite agree about colour. A very light grey, rendering them invisible would be great.

 

Here in the UK, the health and safety aspect over-rides everything.

If a sharp nail were to be too close to the public, a plastic case would be put round it.



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A truly wonderful series.  Many thanks for sharing.  :)

 

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A truly wonderful series.  Many thanks for sharing.  :)

 

Tony

 

Thanks Tony.

 

I confess to being disappointed with the snaps I came home with. Even my grand daughter said 'hmm' when I showed her.

I ran them through Color Efex Pro 4, which did improve things.

I found that on the widest aperture (f4.5) the exposures were typically 1/30s with ISO 1600.

This isn't great for the not-so-steady-handed (me).

Happily, it wasn't really full of visitors on that day.