A small smiling frog on a lily in the centre:MK Christmas display in Middleton Hall.

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One of the bells hanging on the tree outside Yak and Yeti.

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One of the many Oxford tour guides stands outside the Divinity School near the Bodleian Library.

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Moving through the Olympic Park and this spot gives great views of the Stadium and Orbit over the River Lea.

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Prone on the backdrop Megan grins as she moves towards the camera in this unintentional shot while we were messing around in the studio.

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At the entrance to the restaurants were this "electronic" orchestra, who were playing some excellent music. Didn't have much time to stop and find out about them, which was a shame.

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Close-up and heavily cropped but these small twigs are growing right on the edge of the eastern plughole, and are liberally coated with ice from the spray which has settled on the branches.

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Another large spinning ride at the Campbell Park Fair. Light painting without moving!

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The two in the middle have just had an intimate moment, there were quite a few onlookers though...!

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Fulton's Crab House sits across the water from Downtown Disney, a shot to try and get good reflections in the water.

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Sunset, guitar, lake, balmy temperatures, clear skies. Why not?

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Swirling around the LED tree in the centre of the Christmas Display in Middleton Hall, lots of fairies stare down at us. The big eyes give them a scary look frankly.

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Met a pigeon on the handrail in Covent Garden. He looked at me. I looked at him. Coo.

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The river is rather closer than normal to this cottage on the banks of the Ousel.

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A piece of log washed from the River Severn now lies dormant at the foot of the Second Severn Crossing.

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Colin, who organised the MK Photo Walk, tries to get 20 something photographers to all stand in one place and have a group photograph. I bet we all blinked...

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A short walk from the visitor centre brings you to the base of the Derwent Dam, the middle of the three dams. This dam was completed in 1916, and is 36m high, and 914m long. The water overflows when Derwent Water above is high and the water runs down into the Ladybower Reservoir. Impressive noise as the water cascades over almost 750,000 bricks.

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Disappearing over Campbell Park, the centre:MK balloon heads off towards Cranfield.

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The Headquarters of Network Rail sits on the former site of the National Hockey Stadium, and is a typically large building with some interesting reflections in the windows. Odd panels too at the side, but this is an "eco" building I guess.

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Sitting in the middle of the offshore windfarm is this box, which I assume is a control point.

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Brighton Pier in HDR, I didn't stroll the pier this time but have done in the past and will no doubt do so again in the future with Megan!

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A row of spinning wind turbines off the coast of Clacton.

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Moving from the river to the top of the hill the Clifton Suspension Bridge looks even more impressive. 50p is the toll to take the car across, the houses behind where this shot was taken must have a health price tag on them, the view is stunning!

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This balloon will be flying over Milton Keynes hopefully for the next fortnight or so as an advertising tool.

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Almost upright, the centre:MK logo shines brightly in the evening sun just before launch.

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Not a wheel really but a giant arm with swinging chairs top and bottom. Round and round they go.

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Megan stands guard over the presents before Granny and Grampy arrive for the main present session.

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On a side street halfway back to the railway station I spotted this three story building with intricate artwork from top to bottom.

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The Lego Seven Dwarves look almost demonic in the harsh light around Downtown Disney.

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The Nether North Grain in the Peak District has this distinctive waterfall on the Snake Pass road, great for long exposures. This was 30secs at f/18 with an ND8 and ND16 filter attached.

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These mushroom are growing on the trunk of one of the giant trees in the forest, along with the moss.

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The West Pier at Brighton is a Grade I listed building - what is left of it. Built in 1866 the pier closed in 1975 and has been badly damaged by fire and the weather since. This is a 25sec exposure with two ND16, one ND8 and a polarizing filter stacked to give the dreamy water. This is a re-edit for the Camera Club following comments by a judge, a little bit of cropping, cloning out a pole at the bottom and adding a light vignette.

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Early on during the 2012 display at Campbell Park by Keith Emmet.

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Green fireworks light up the sky above the beacon in Campbell Park.

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The waves roll in at high tide on Brighton Beach. 30kt winds are fanning the sea and creating a lot of spray, something I hadn't really thought about as I made the trip!

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Strolling around Walton Lake there was lots of blossom evident, and I tried some depth-of-field experiments and some different methods of monochrome on this - before I got wet anyway as the showers came over!

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A short trip around Batford Springs Nature Reserve today, trying to play with the ND filters - but success was somewhat limited. This is the sluice.

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Jemma flicks her head round, took me about 5 attempts to get this one right. Right-ish anyway, annoyed the hair is out of the top of the shot.

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Behind shot is the waterfall at Nether North Grain, and across the winding road is a steep drop into a ravine near the top of the Peak District.

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At the foot of Howden Dam is this large warning sign. I hadn't realised that it was drinking water - another sign said that - but the fine for committing nuisance was sufficiently high that I didn't dare go for a swim. That and the temperature of 2C.

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Instruments on board, QNH checked (from me - I'd left work almost 2hrs previous but close enough) time to get some hot air into that envelope!

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Incredible scenes - the blind athlete runs towards his guide (in the high viz vest) who claps and then moves out of the way. The Chinese athlete is making his leap into the sand, good enough for silver in the end.

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I love the facial expressions on the meerkats, couldn't get one to look directly at me today unfortunately. Maybe another time.

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Bright dots in the centre, as other shoots sparkle everywhere across the night sky.

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The water on the pebble beach at Brighton is whipped into frothy madness.

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Megan half-lit with a side-on flash. First experiments with off-camera flash.

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One of the line of large power stations that spans the country up north near Gamston, not the best shots as through a window and only with the 70mm lens - but I want to go back and try more!

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Neat arrangement of tarmac stands, they weren't there the last time I visited!

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Unusual artwork on the seafront at Brighton. The hole in the middle makes sense, but the two cracks top and bottom? Who knows.

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High atop the beach are lots of canoes stored for people wanting to use them. Not today.

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