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MDweir01

MDweir01

At 18 years old I was able to have a mail-order catalogue and ordered a camera. It was a 35mm Praktica compact, and cost me around £70 - a lot of money in tho...
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At 18 years old I was able to have a mail-order catalogue and ordered a camera. It was a 35mm Praktica compact, and cost me around £70 - a lot of money in those days (it was 1986). This is one of my favourite shots I took with it - this photo is now over 30 years old, and shows the weir in Miller's Dale, Derbyshire.
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The weir in Miller's Dale, Derbyshire. Taken with my old Praktica 35mm compact about 30 years ago.

I think from the lower angle like this is makes the weir appear higher than it really is.

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