West Wittering is one of the few, finely-grained, sandy beaches on the south coast of England that I'm aware of. The coast there is slightly reminiscent of the Normandy / Pas de Calais beaches. They're long and quite deep/wide, especially during low tide.
After spending around 30min acting as a solar panel, I went for a walk by myself to find out what was there.
Although West Wittering attracts a lot of visitors on a day like this, there are still lots of things to look at, away from people.
The sun was a bit too high at times but it also created some high contrast, which made for a good black and white conversion.
Here is used the X100s with a Hoya protective filter.
I don't normally like to use filters on my lenses, but since I'm not using the Fuji hood, I feel that I should protect the lens until I can find a suitable and improved workaround.
Hi Kesh,
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I always use a high quality UV filter. While it *may* degrade optical performance somewhat, the performance hit is nowhere near as drastic as a scratch from a grain of sand would be. I like to be able to quickly wipe raindrops, condensation, dust, fingerprints and the like from the front of my lens without worry.