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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
create your own visited countries map
or vertaling Duits Nederlands
create your own visited countries map
or vertaling Duits Nederlands

Mark Twells' favorite photos from other Flickr members (653)
Contacts (253)
Groups (50)
- Nikon D800 Users Group 21 photos, 733 members
- Astrophotography 47,550 photos, 8,087 members
- Micro Four Thirds (Micro 4/3) 125,708 photos, 5,031 members
- New Zealand ~ Aotearoa 104,277 photos, 5,674 members
- Fall Colors from Around the World 10,709 photos, 995 members
- 500px.com 4,667 photos, 718 members
- Cornwall 64,873 photos, 3,770 members
- Black and White Landscapes 22,833 photos, 1,995 members
- Panasonic DMC GH2 11,332 photos, 632 members
- BBC Nature UK Summerwatch 33,206 photos, 2,396 members
- Iona And Mull 3,347 photos, 360 members
- fisheye fanatics 66,915 photos, 7,177 members
- FishEye 106,404 photos, 11,367 members
- 75-100 Views (Post up to 5 per day) 14,501 photos, 3,036 members
- Urban Geometry (comment on 1 *or* fave 2 *or* ask to remove 1) 59,903 photos, 4,802 members
- BBC Sky at Night and Stargazing LIVE 16,444 photos, 3,444 members
- European Birds and Wildlife 40,414 photos, 896 members
- Guardian Datastore 725 photos, 1,351 members
- Abstract Photos 102,588 photos, 16,724 members
- New Force of Photography 8,515 photos, 391 members
- Shropshire Life 3,932 photos, 143 members
- Sigma 15mm F2.8 EX DG Fisheye 4,435 photos, 508 members
- Angkor 9,405 photos, 653 members
- *DIY Photography Equipment 7,675 photos, 6,776 members
- Open Source Photography (OSP) 35,977 photos, 3,227 members
- GIMP users 123,876 photos, 8,869 members
- Panasonic G1 25,963 photos, 913 members
- View from the Top! 224 photos, 56 members
- Insect Macro Photography 289,644 photos, 22,969 members
- "The Portfolio Pro" - Constructive Critiques 2,815 photos, 1,647 members
- Absolute BLACK and WHITE [Invited Photos Only] P1: C3 4,378 photos, 871 members
- Critique 2 1,315 photos, 936 members
- Geoculture Limousin 1,020 photos, 101 members
- LongdenParish 18 photos, 2 members
- Kite Aerial Photography (KAP) 21,113 photos, 2,031 members
- The Light Painters Society 248,022 photos, 12,723 members
- Rural Decay 140,316 photos, 23,987 members
- Getty Images Call for Artists 472,087 photos, 82,081 members
- Calvados, France Normandy 4,305 photos, 204 members
- Nikon 24-70 mm Nikkor lens - photos and opinions 48,972 photos, 3,548 members
- Landscapes of the World 148,564 photos, 7,217 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 16,700 photos, 2,289 members
- Flickr Ideas 0 photos, 10,529 members
- SOOC (Straight Out of the Camera) 133,764 photos, 7,653 members
- Wolverhampton Photographic Society 1,396 photos, 96 members
- **Explore Unexplored!** - (10 Favs min & Never seen On Explore) 17,089 photos, 5,422 members
- Radnorshire 1,096 photos, 68 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)











