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LLoyd Spencer chooses one of his favourite images
Water and Fire
Thoughts on Post-Covid Environmentalism
Rush Oak Field Camera
Part II
Benches in the Landscape
A Photography Project
Gheorghe Popa
Featured Photographer
One Hand Snapping
Adapting To Change

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Tim Parkin

I’ve just finished the first screening of the images from our Natural Landscape competition and I’ve been reminded of my love-hate relationship with aerial photography. Firstly I’ll go with the ‘hate’ (although hate is too strong a word really, disappointment perhaps). The problem with a great deal of aerial photography is that it is so refreshingly surprising. Why is this a problem? Because once you get past the “Oh! Doesn’t that look interesting from above!” this is almost always followed by “OK. bored now, next please”. The initial surprise makes it stand out from other photography so much that it is often rewarded and applauded well beyond its true worth. Having said that, what I really love about aerial photography is the occasional exception when the initial interest is followed by a continued fascination with the subject matter, the composition, the perspective etc. The very best aerial photographs are wonderful - after all, a drone should mostly be considered a great big tripod which really puts the onus back on the photographer to create great work, which, fortunately, they sometimes do.

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Manfred Geyer Flickr Broichbachtal 41 O 200 2048x1024
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End frame: Broichbachtal 41 by Manfred Geyer

‘Your own photos are never enough.’ Robert Adams’ observation (from his book Why People Photograph) has adorned my profile page on Flickr since I joined in 2006. more

Cuverville 13 01 24
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Water and Fire

At grassroots level, as well as governmental. As photographers, we can share our ideas, our images, our concern and our determination. more

Pink And Purple Path
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Rush Oak Field Camera

The scent of blossom drifted through the iron gate. No one stirred in the twilight forest but between shadowed boughs shone the heady colours of the painted bushes. more

Adrian Cann Traeth Llydan Rhosneigr
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Benches in the Landscape

The common denominator is that they are there to serve a general purpose. They’ve been put in that particular place to provide somewhere for us to sit, for us to take in the view. more

Gheorghe Popa Dji 0802
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Gheorghe Popa

It is strange that although one is a natural lake and the other one is an artificial lake filled with poison, to me they have things in common, like the trees in the water. more

Interwoven ball of vines, supporting itself.
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One Hand Snapping

My photography has changed. Having been forced to work more slowly, I am more used to a slower, more considered approach to my image-making. more

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