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The Shell House, Hatfield Forest
Flash/Artificial Lighting

The Shell House

My first attempt at light painting on a larger scale. This is the Shell House in Hatfield Forest.

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2013 - 52 Week Project

4/52 Sitting Ducks

Sunset on a frozen Hatfield Forest lake. The ducks seemed quite happy sitting on the ice – there was a thawed our area of water to the right, but it was pretty crowded and had a couple of swans lording it over the ducks.

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Life Rushes By
2012 - 366 Project

330/366 Life Rushes By

I revisited the site of some summer fun to use my 10 stop neutral density filter by Hi-Tech. As I have discovered before this comes with a very strong blue colour cast. Knowing this now I was able to take the appropriate white balance to correct this…and then re-added it

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Photographer in the Mist
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Photographer in the Mist

Hatfield Forest is a 15 minute drive from Great Dunmow so we visit quite regularly. On this particular visit I went along at dawn with a group of photographers from the Dunmow Photography Club

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Misty Sunrise, Hatfield Forest
2012 - 366 Project

281/366 Sunrise over Hatfield Forest Lake

So, 11 hours after I was here last I made it, along with other members of the Dunmow Photography Club, for sunrise. We arrived at 6.00am whilst it was still pitch black – the sky was clear but the mist that had come in last night was thickly blanketing much

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Hatfield Forest Lake - Misty Sunset
2012 - 366 Project

280/366 A Misty Sunset at Hatfield Forest

There may be (hopefully) 2 photos from this location today and tomorrow… Today I caught the sunset at the lake in Hatfield Forest and the mist rolled in down the lake over the space of about an hour. Tomorrow, if I get up, I’ll be back here at 6.00am to

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Hatfield Forest Sunset
2012 - 366 Project

241/366 Hatfield Forest Sunset

Bishops Stortford Camera Club today and we returned to Hatfield Forest for a bit of light painting. When I arrived I had just missed the full sunset…but this wasn’t too shabby.

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That's Harlow that is
The Essex Countryside

Clouds at Night over Hatfield Forest

I do like photographing at night and I do like the effect a long exposure has on the clouds…so I was bound to like this shot 😉 This was shot on the edge of Hatfield Forest looking out towards Harlow. Here’s a cooler (in colour temperature rather than it’s better

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Sunset over Hatfield Forest Lake
2012 - 366 Project

199/366 Sunset over Hatfield Forest Lake

Having spent the day in Rye on the East Sussex coast, I have a huge mountain of photographs to process, but Tuesday’s are camera club day and so it was we found ourselves at the lake in the middle of Hatfield Forest with this sunset.

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Mark Seton

I'm an amateur photographer who enjoys music. I'm a past Chairman and Digital Secretary of the Bishops Stortford Camera club and I hold both LRPS and CPAGB distinctions. I have recently moved to Newcastleton in the Scottish Borders.