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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
create your own visited countries map
or vertaling Duits Nederlands

Mark Twells' favorite photos from other Flickr members (651)
Contacts (253)
Groups (50)
- Nikon D800 Users Group 18 photos, 605 members
- Astrophotography 47,273 photos, 8,067 members
- Micro Four Thirds (Micro 4/3) 124,337 photos, 4,981 members
- New Zealand ~ Aotearoa 103,973 photos, 5,667 members
- Fall Colors from Around the World 10,711 photos, 995 members
- 500px.com 4,595 photos, 708 members
- Cornwall 64,806 photos, 3,763 members
- Black and White Landscapes 22,751 photos, 1,990 members
- Panasonic DMC GH2 11,222 photos, 625 members
- BBC Nature UK Summerwatch 33,337 photos, 2,386 members
- Iona And Mull 3,348 photos, 360 members
- fisheye fanatics 66,737 photos, 7,161 members
- FishEye 106,102 photos, 11,350 members
- 75-100 Views (Post up to 5 per day) 14,516 photos, 3,036 members
- Urban Geometry (comment on 1 *or* fave 2 *or* ask to remove 1) 59,626 photos, 4,789 members
- BBC Sky at Night and Stargazing LIVE 16,159 photos, 3,423 members
- European Birds and Wildlife 40,017 photos, 893 members
- Guardian Datastore 723 photos, 1,339 members
- Abstract Photos 102,376 photos, 16,681 members
- New Force of Photography 8,343 photos, 389 members
- Shropshire Life 3,929 photos, 143 members
- Sigma 15mm F2.8 EX DG Fisheye 4,414 photos, 507 members
- Angkor 9,228 photos, 651 members
- *DIY Photography Equipment 7,675 photos, 6,774 members
- Open Source Photography (OSP) 35,899 photos, 3,225 members
- GIMP users 123,789 photos, 8,856 members
- Panasonic G1 25,922 photos, 913 members
- View from the Top! 224 photos, 56 members
- Insect Macro Photography 289,174 photos, 22,933 members
- "The Portfolio Pro" - Constructive Critiques 2,813 photos, 1,647 members
- Absolute BLACK and WHITE [Invited Photos Only] P1: C3 4,381 photos, 867 members
- Critique 2 1,301 photos, 933 members
- Geoculture Limousin 1,015 photos, 101 members
- LongdenParish 18 photos, 2 members
- Kite Aerial Photography (KAP) 21,060 photos, 2,027 members
- The Light Painters Society 247,004 photos, 12,691 members
- Rural Decay 139,990 photos, 23,970 members
- Getty Images Call for Artists 472,718 photos, 81,844 members
- Calvados, France Normandy 4,293 photos, 204 members
- Nikon 24-70 mm Nikkor lens - photos and opinions 48,649 photos, 3,529 members
- Landscapes of the World 147,872 photos, 7,200 members
- The Infrared Photographic Society 1,031 photos, 380 members
- A or B? Indecision.... 145 photos, 31 members
- Exceptional Photos Critique Group 62 photos, 45 members
- Vanishing Points 16,662 photos, 2,288 members
- Flickr Ideas 0 photos, 10,498 members
- SOOC (Straight Out of the Camera) 133,471 photos, 7,645 members
- Wolverhampton Photographic Society 1,394 photos, 96 members
- **Explore Unexplored!** - (10 Favs min & Never seen On Explore) 17,087 photos, 5,426 members
- Radnorshire 1,118 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)











