Saint Malo Intra Muros...

...this is the old walled city of St. Malo, Brittany seen from one of the many offshore forts at low tide. St. Malo was (in)famous in the 17-18C for its fearsome pirate bands, known as Corsairs.

[Lorraine Hardy]

lovely detail throughout

[Lee]

What a great shot. Love the detail and tones.

[judith deacon]

Wonderful detail and processing. I see St Malo has a wall around it, would this be the same as the Bastides we saw further south?

[Richard Sayer]

@judithdeacon Thank you Judith: the walls here were built primarily as a fortification to protect St. Malo from sea-borne maurauders. The bastide towns have a rather different 'raison d'être' - see this link for more details http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastide

[Karen H]

Wonderful tones and textures

[judith deacon]

Thanks for the explanation Richard, I always thought the bastides were purely for fortification and was fascinated to read the true history.

[livvy]

I had to google it...awesome capture...this image should be included to the images google has. Beautiful!

[Mary Downing Hahn]

Beautiful landscape -- it reminds me of an old watercolor. The color and detail are perfect. Fave

[Kellelynne H. Riley]

Beautiful! I love the lone spire.

[Islandgirl]

Stunning architecture Richard......................love the tones. Looks like a painting.
Fav

[Meredith McNay]

Wow Richard, this is an amazing image. I love learning about where you live through you images.

[Decima F]

Gorgeous; thought there had been some post-processing until I viewed large, but no, just a beautiful painterly landscape. Visited Brittany on holidays a couple of years ago, would love to return some time.

[Krista Marson]

looks very dry there.

[Richard Sayer]

@blueberry1222 It wouldn't have done a few hours later Krista, you can see the high-tide watermark on the lefthand side of the city wall.

[Joan Robillard]

This has a lovely old feel to it.

[Khawbecker]

Beautiful!

[trishaclancy]

Hi Richard. Apologies for the delay. Wifi is a rare commodity for me over the next few weeks. I am indeed in Paris and enjoying it very much. She and I go back a long way. Thanks very much for the challenge. This week I challenge you to capture "feet with a story". Walking, resting, jumping ...just feet. Good luck!

[Suse♡]

Like a fairytale land, beautiful!

[Joyce]

This is a beautiful shot. Full of interesting detail.

[Pete Roberts]

That is lovely shot of St Malo Richard. I have walked round parts of the walls but did not get chance to see them from the beach ares.

[Kathleen Hinkaty]

Stunning landscape!

[Fisher Family]

A super shot of this impressive place - I will have to add St Malo to the list of places I'd love to visit! - fav!

Ian

[Tom]

Wonderful pov, detail and tones. Richard you have taken us back to another time with this photo..love it

[Janiskay]

I think Tom described it best.

[Jocasta]

Love the tones - has the quality of a watercolour.

[Maggie]

Beautiful sharp outline of this intriguing city seen against the sky.