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Calm at Buttermere

Calm at Buttermere

This is the original photograph of one I downloaded earlier with no zoom and without any post-processing. I visit this lake often as it is central to some of th...
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This is the original photograph of one I downloaded earlier with no zoom and without any post-processing. I visit this lake often as it is central to some of the best walks-climbs in the Lake District and I have never seen it as calm as on this day in February.
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Aperture f/5.6 ISO 125 Shutter 1/320 Focal Length 140/10

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Buttermere, Cumbria, GB

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Nov, 2018

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