Recent content by John Latter

Thank you, Simon. I haven't any experience to speak of in editing photos, but it's something I'll have to pick up along the way, I guess - I use Google's Picasa and cropping seems easy enough! John Latter / Jorolat

An atmospheric photograph of an ex-schoolfriend called John Allister walking westwards along Dover's "New Street" (known as "Turne-Againe Lane" before 1785) towards the York Street bypass at 10.30 am on Sunday, March 22nd, 2009: John's shadow is caused by sunlight, but it is on the 'wrong...

Thank you for your comments, Photostar and Ben :) I'm just trying different presentation formats at the moment. Sometimes, when I'm looking at photo #8 in a post, photo #4 decides to belatedly appear and #8 is whipped out of view - and this can happen several times on a long post because (on my...

The grounds of Dover's 12th Century Norman Castle contain traces of earlier fortifications which are most noticable in the form of the Saxon church of St Mary-in-Castro (which wasn't always a church), the Roman Pharos (a lighthouse/watch tower built in AD 46), and Iron-Age earthworks. Below...

Thank you for your comments, Johnnyreb :) With regard to the photo size, its not always clear what to do for the best. If I have any 'style' at all then it is to post a topic with 2 or 3 thumbnails where the written word is just as important as the photos. Its just a personal preference -...

The Roman lighthouse known as the Pharos stands in the grounds of Dover's 12th Century Norman Castle, adjacent to the Saxon church of St Mary-in-Castro. The first view is from the south (click for larger size) and shows 4 levels. The bottom 3 are Roman and the top one is a medieval...