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Mark Twells' photostream
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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 (651)
Contacts (253)
Groups (50)
- Nikon D800 Users Group 18 photos, 676 members
- Astrophotography 47,458 photos, 8,077 members
- Micro Four Thirds (Micro 4/3) 125,238 photos, 5,014 members
- New Zealand ~ Aotearoa 104,181 photos, 5,672 members
- Fall Colors from Around the World 10,707 photos, 995 members
- 500px.com 4,633 photos, 710 members
- Cornwall 64,810 photos, 3,765 members
- Black and White Landscapes 22,804 photos, 1,994 members
- Panasonic DMC GH2 11,275 photos, 625 members
- BBC Nature UK Summerwatch 33,316 photos, 2,395 members
- Iona And Mull 3,348 photos, 360 members
- fisheye fanatics 66,907 photos, 7,173 members
- FishEye 106,289 photos, 11,359 members
- 75-100 Views (Post up to 5 per day) 14,542 photos, 3,036 members
- Urban Geometry (comment on 1 *or* fave 2 *or* ask to remove 1) 59,777 photos, 4,796 members
- BBC Sky at Night and Stargazing LIVE 16,351 photos, 3,435 members
- European Birds and Wildlife 40,265 photos, 894 members
- Guardian Datastore 724 photos, 1,346 members
- Abstract Photos 102,506 photos, 16,708 members
- New Force of Photography 8,447 photos, 391 members
- Shropshire Life 3,929 photos, 143 members
- Sigma 15mm F2.8 EX DG Fisheye 4,415 photos, 507 members
- Angkor 9,235 photos, 651 members
- *DIY Photography Equipment 7,675 photos, 6,777 members
- Open Source Photography (OSP) 35,940 photos, 3,227 members
- GIMP users 123,875 photos, 8,859 members
- Panasonic G1 25,952 photos, 913 members
- View from the Top! 224 photos, 56 members
- Insect Macro Photography 289,385 photos, 22,954 members
- "The Portfolio Pro" - Constructive Critiques 2,813 photos, 1,647 members
- Absolute BLACK and WHITE [Invited Photos Only] P1: C3 4,370 photos, 868 members
- Critique 2 1,311 photos, 935 members
- Geoculture Limousin 1,017 photos, 101 members
- LongdenParish 18 photos, 2 members
- Kite Aerial Photography (KAP) 21,103 photos, 2,030 members
- The Light Painters Society 247,741 photos, 12,707 members
- Rural Decay 140,164 photos, 23,977 members
- Getty Images Call for Artists 472,345 photos, 81,977 members
- Calvados, France Normandy 4,303 photos, 204 members
- Nikon 24-70 mm Nikkor lens - photos and opinions 48,839 photos, 3,542 members
- Landscapes of the World 148,480 photos, 7,210 members
- The Infrared Photographic Society 1,030 photos, 378 members
- A or B? Indecision.... 147 photos, 31 members
- Exceptional Photos Critique Group 62 photos, 45 members
- Vanishing Points 16,684 photos, 2,287 members
- Flickr Ideas 0 photos, 10,518 members
- SOOC (Straight Out of the Camera) 133,658 photos, 7,645 members
- Wolverhampton Photographic Society 1,396 photos, 96 members
- **Explore Unexplored!** - (10 Favs min & Never seen On Explore) 17,122 photos, 5,426 members
- Radnorshire 1,094 photos, 69 members
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)











