Goldeneye
Location:
St. Margaret’s Bay, Kent, England
Map:
Multimap
Date and Time:
16 August.2008, 6.22 a.m.
Camera details:
ISO 200 : f/22 : 0.78 second : 18mm : Nikon D40 : Nikon 18-55mm lens
Shot narrative:
Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond, bought one of the 4 “White Cliffs” houses at St Margarets Bay from Noel Coward in 1951.
Noel Coward complained that the Bay had become ’ a beach crowded with noisy hoi polloi’ (you can just hear him saying that).
Ian Fleming’s vacation house in Jamaica was famously called “Goldeneye” and the title was taken to connect the two properties with a slight helping of the Golden tones in the shot.
Just down the road from me at Canterbury is the Duck Inn, near Bridge. Fleming went to the pub often, and describes in You Only Live Twice how the young James Bond was tutored by his aunt in a cottage “hard by the attractive Duck Inn”. Ian Fleming’s inspiration for Bond’s codename derived from the number of the local bus: 007 which drove past the pub.
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eseffpe
love the muted tones, gorgeous work!
Rhana Griffin
Bond…. James Bond… shaken, not stirred. What, no small talk? No chitchat? That’s the trouble with the world today. No one takes the time to do a really sinister interrogation anymore. It’s a lost art.
Do I get bonus points? Or am I simply not yet awake enough to make any coherent sense whatsoever?
SoxyFleming
the goldeneye is actually out of the picture…clever….
Elaine Harriott
Stunning landscape Stu, beautiful lighting and composition – love your landscapes!
oastudios
are those the cliffs of dover? nice shot either way. still using lightroom?
Jared Revell
Wonderful shot Stuart.
Does the place in the far background in front of the cliff have anything to do with the title?
Was it part of the Bond movie?
Farah M
Love the colors! Great shot!
Jen Whyte
Glorious image
amordj
awesome!
funkyfacestudio
Very interesting Stuart, It’s a beautiful shot and it does have a golden metallic look to it.
Squealia
Lovely capture Stuart :O)
Laree
this is AMAZING! i would LOVE to paint something like this..
karenuk1969
Stunning picture, gorgeous work!!
DawsonImages
Beautiful light and a reat foreground
Kody J Ague
Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful!
Qba from Poland
Superb color tones.
PhillJ
Love the colours, excellent detail.
Lucindawind
amazing scenery!
grimduke1
Great shot and colour, and nice bit of interesting Bond history too!