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Suburban Idyll

Suburban Idyll

This looks as though it could have been taken in the heart of the British countryside, but Heathrow Airport lies just a few miles beyond the sunflower and centr...
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This looks as though it could have been taken in the heart of the British countryside, but Heathrow Airport lies just a few miles beyond the sunflower and central London is similarly close in the other direction. Taken in August 2012 at the Wetlands & Wildfowl Trust reserve in Barnes, using Sigma 10-20mm lens.
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Aperture f/8 ISO 400 Shutter 1/1000 Focal Length 1000/100

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