Damian Ward

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That's beautiful, John. It has a wonderful pictorial vibe about it.

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a fallen flower

Thanks, Shaun. It certainly is a character. It's a tricky one to get a good angle on, due to brambles and a fence.

Hilltop Phantom, Oxfordshire 2026.

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Thank you. 🙏🏻

I’m pleased that you finally got some fog that you an work with. We've had four consecutive days of it here.

Thanks, Shaun. The event went well, thanks for remembering.

Thank you very much, Dani. I am pleased you think that.

Really nice image Shaun. Love the three repeating curved shapes, from the road, verge and hedge.

Muddy Track and Copse, Buckinghamshire 2026.

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I have some pictures on show this weekend, for a very good cause. Please come along if you can.

Thank you very much 🙏🏻 I hope they are received well too.

Very true 😂

On that particular morning, there was so much fog that you wouldn't have seen too much. 😂

Thanks, Shaun. I hope so too. I think the last time I did something with them was in 2017, so it is good to do it again.

Thank you very much for that. I am pleased that you like this image and you can see what I was trying to achieve. I must try to do more of this kind of thing.

I have some pictures on show this weekend, for a very good cause. Please come along if you can.

Footbridge, Buckinghamshire 2026.

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Thanks, Joe. I have known about the tree for a long time. But it became a bit of an obsession for a couple of years.

Thank you, Lance.

Thank you, Thale. Just natural light from a window.

The same as ours then.

Thanks, Shaun. 🙏🏻

Thanks, Shaun. I really like how the two gentle slopes meet at the point of the tree too.

Very nice, Mick.

And to finish, four images that I do not think I have shared before.

Some favourite monotone versions of this tree.

Some colour variants of this tree.