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Out on a limb by Shelly Lynn Hachey O Via Flickr: Wild Barred Owl perched on a limb in a faint snow fall early morning - I got a few clicks in the camera before it flew off into the woodline.

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Peruvian penguins by DamienNg1

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Impression

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Peruvian penguins by DamienNg1

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Architecture: Tel Aviv

Playing with a Canon 24mm 2.8 USM L Tilt-Shift Lens on Ge'ula St.

// Tel Aviv, Israel // 32.071856, 34.766922

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Keen photographer addicted to cameras, lenses and everything photography related. Feel free to follow me in my photography ramblings, and if you have any thoughts, comments, queries or anything else...

There are loads of different Canon L series lenses out there but which one is the best? What Canon L series lens should spend your hard earned cash on? Take a look at this article for a run down on the best L series lenses currently available. 

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The Grange a dilapidated shell por Fred255 Photography Via Flickr: Northington Grange was built between 1664 and 1673 by William Samwell who was commissioned by Sir Robert Henley, then master of the King's Bench Office, "to erect a considerable mansion". Horace Walpole wrote that the Samwell interiors as "beautiful models of the purest and most classic antiquity". They included an early example of an Imperial staircase - that is, one flight branching into two. In 1787 the estate was then bought by Henry Drummond the banker who set about creating the ornamental lakes, by diverting a tributary of the River Itchen, and the landscaped park throughout which elegant Indian pavilions were built. Attention then turned to the house which was transformed into a Greek Temple by William Wilkins between 1804-09. It is rumoured that one of the motivations for such an impressive transformation was the praise heaped on Dance's Greek Revival style portico at Stratton Park built in 1803 which was owned by the Drummonds banking rivals, the newly important Barings. Drummond was apparently determined to build a bigger and better one. The Baring family of bankers acquired the estate in 1817; Alexander Baring was created Baron Ashburton in 1835. The house was visited by many distinguished people including George IV and the then Lady Ash Burton conducted a famous literary salon at The Grange. Among her frequent guests were Lord Tennyson and Thomas Carlyle. The fourth Lord Ashburton made several improvements to the estate and rebuilt the parish church at his own expense. Before the last war the estate was sold to Mr. L. C. Wallach, who died in 1964. The house was then bought again by the Barings who promptly demolished the rear wing of the main building and, in 1972, proposed to dynamite the remainder. However, the furious correspondence in The Times persuaded the Hon. John Baring to pass the house into the voluntary guardianship of the Department of the Environment with a commitment from the Government to pay for restoration to enable public access. The Government quickly reneged on this and neglected the house until 1978 when, following a vigorous campaign by the SAVE Britain's Heritage, the Government was forced to honour its pledge and, at a cost of £500,000, stopped the decline and secured the house. The house has been sealed very unsafe condition inside.