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I've been pressing shutter buttons for the last 35 years, having started with a Halina 35mm camera processing my own B&W film. I grew up with my Dad doing our own Ektachrome E4 in the kitchen sink, through Jobo drums and Cibachrome - and took the plunge in about 2004 to go digital, selling my old Nikon bodies and buying a D50 - rapidly upped to a D200. I kept most of my old lenses, and still love them - they're optically much better than the modern things.
Digital in general, and flickr in particular, have re-awakened my interest. Because it doesn't cost me a dollar a shot any more, I take more, and I learn more. Flickr has replaced the awful old postal critique circles I used to hang around in.
Pictures best viewed as sets - because I do lots of different types of picture.
Amateur Photographer, like nature - landscapes, macros, patterns, textures. Now digital but been taking pictures for years. Mainly Shropshire and N Wales, but do get out elsewhere.
Don't believe in (or do!) a huge amount of digital manipulation: these pics have largely only been cropped, straightened and a bit of adjustment of colour balance. Nothing else.
I do a lot of hillwalking, and enjoy scenic desolation, if I can put it that way. And light.
Kit is either a Nikon D200, or a Canon G9 and a tripod
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or vertaling Duits Nederlands
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or vertaling Duits Nederlands

Mark_twells' favorite photos from other Flickr members (633)
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- Astrophotography 45,521 photos, 7,861 members
- Micro Four Thirds (Micro 4/3) 115,596 photos, 4,718 members
- New Zealand ~ Aotearoa 102,050 photos, 5,595 members
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- Black and White Landscapes 22,057 photos, 1,950 members
- Panasonic DMC GH2 10,450 photos, 589 members
- BBC Nature UK Summerwatch 33,468 photos, 2,366 members
- Iona And Mull 3,373 photos, 360 members
- fisheye fanatics 65,224 photos, 7,052 members
- FishEye 103,966 photos, 11,201 members
- 75-100 Views (Post up to 5 per day) 14,791 photos, 3,040 members
- Urban Geometry (comment on 1 *or* fave 2 *or* ask to remove 1) 58,078 photos, 4,720 members
- BBC Sky at Night and Stargazing LIVE 14,844 photos, 3,309 members
- European Birds and Wildlife 37,442 photos, 886 members
- Guardian Datastore 722 photos, 1,319 members
- Abstract Photos 101,404 photos, 16,485 members
- New Force of Photography 6,965 photos, 341 members
- Shropshire Life 3,336 photos, 140 members
- Sigma 15mm F2.8 EX DG Fisheye 4,303 photos, 494 members
- Angkor 9,161 photos, 644 members
- *DIY Photography Equipment 7,528 photos, 6,697 members
- Open Source Photography (OSP) 35,496 photos, 3,213 members
- GIMP users 122,290 photos, 8,819 members
- Panasonic G1 25,731 photos, 913 members
- View from the Top! 219 photos, 57 members
- Insect Macro Photography 286,717 photos, 22,810 members
- "The Portfolio Pro" - Constructive Critiques 2,788 photos, 1,642 members
- Absolute BLACK and WHITE [Invited Photos Only] P1: C3 4,318 photos, 847 members
- Critique 2 1,219 photos, 876 members
- Geoculture Limousin 967 photos, 99 members
- LongdenParish 18 photos, 2 members
- Kite Aerial Photography (KAP) 20,682 photos, 2,012 members
- The Light Painters Society 240,888 photos, 12,498 members
- Rural Decay 137,909 photos, 23,855 members
- Getty Images Call for Artists 476,593 photos, 79,946 members
- Calvados, France Normandy 4,206 photos, 201 members
- Nikon 24-70 mm Nikkor lens - photos and opinions 47,144 photos, 3,426 members
- Landscapes of the World 142,573 photos, 6,981 members
- The Infrared Photographic Society 993 photos, 371 members
- A or B? Indecision.... 145 photos, 31 members
- Exceptional Photos Critique Group 61 photos, 45 members
- Vanishing Points 16,471 photos, 2,272 members
- Flickr Ideas 0 photos, 10,398 members
- SOOC (Straight Out of the Camera) 130,871 photos, 7,575 members
- Wolverhampton Photographic Society 1,385 photos, 96 members
- **Explore Unexplored!** - (10 Favs min & Never seen On Explore) 18,006 photos, 5,412 members
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Testimonials (2)
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*Christian says:
"Mark Twells' photographs take the viewer on a very pleasant walk in the english country, along the byways of Shropshire : great lights, compositions and colours, quiet atmospheres. Each picture is a delight to discover."
10th January, 2006
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recursion_see_recursion says:
"Mark's photostream has a highly distinctive collection of local landscapes. They have qualities of scale, precision and purpose that strongly communicate the character of the Shropshire countryside."
19th November, 2005
- Name:
- Mark Twells
- Joined:
- September 2005
- Currently:
- Shrewsbury, UK
- I am:
- Male and Taken
- Website:
- Blog (not very active)











