On a day out for a photography trip, we went to Batterie Moltke in St.Ouens, and visited the German sites built across the coast. This included bunkers and gun emplacements which were used in the war. During this time we were taken on a tour where we learnt the history of these places and were shown pictures taken back when the second world war was still happening in Jersey, which was an interesting experience.

About Battery Moltke:

Battery Moltke located at Noirmont Point on the Channel Island of Jersey and was built by the German army in 1942.

French Guns from 1917 were re-used by the Germans and placed there. They were placed in open concrete posts and were able to defend St. Ouen Bay. They were also able to engage targets on the rest of the island.

In August 1944, the alarm went off in the gun battery when the British destroyer HMS Onslaught, in process of attacking a German convoy, came within range of the battery. Along with 3 other gun batteries,  the Germans opened fire and HMS Onslaught withdrew.

After the war, the British dismantled the guns and threw them out over the cliffs. They have since been restored and are on display today.

Contact sheets of photos taken at Battery Moltke:

Using Lightroom, I took these images and went through a selection process to see which images I would be willing to use for the theme.

Process:

The first step o my selection process is that I go through each image one by one and flag them. The images which are marked with the black flag with the cross means that i’m not interesting in using it, while images with the white flag means that there is a chance that I could use them at some point. I’m doing this to just narrow down my options to find my final few images which i’m sure that I will use.

The second process I went through is that I rated the images which I flagged white, with starts going from 1 to 5 on how much I like them. I mainly used 2 and 3 stars though, and didn’t rate the ones which I didn’t like. I then went and colour coded them, with the colour yellow meaning that I might use it and with green meaning there is a big chance I will use it.

With the filter functions, I can separate the colour coded images. So when i want to see my images which are colour coded yellow or green I can turn the filter on and make my selection from that.