A morning walk in Kent
Originally uploaded by .koltregaskes
Hi everyone! Firstly I would like to thank Bill for asking me to join the Dark Matter group and allowing me to post my photos here. I feel very honoured to be among such fine artists I see that are already here. Thank you!
Right, first post and first photo - fingers crossed this all goes accordingly to plan, here goes. 
This is my (currently) home town of Edenbridge. A small place in the UK county of Kent, bordering Surrey and Sussex. This particular shot was taken near Boxham Manor on one of my many walks around the nearby fields. I get a lot of my shots from walking the vast amount of farmland here. It generally means very, very early mornings to beat sunrise, scouting around a bit then picking my spot. Sometimes, though, the spot is already in my head from previously seeing it but this shot was a ‘there and then’ and happy how it turned out. I hope this and my following images give people a glimpse into the little town of Edenbridge and a feel of the wonderful nature and landscape here.
If anyone is interested I used this picture to create one of my first HDR-style images. It’s an interesting way to create a picture but I’m not quite there with the technique yet. Have a look here. To me the photo becomes more like a painting?