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The A120 Takeley By-Pass (before and after construction), Essex. The trees link both pictures.
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A field at Old House Farm near Takeley (future A120)
A field at Old House Farm near Takeley (future A120)
The view at Old House Farm after A120 construction
The view at Old House Farm after A120 construction
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Old house Farm and a field (future A120) near Takeley, Essex. The Control Tower at Stansted Airport can be seen on the left of the picture.
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A field near Takeley (future A120)
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The A120 at Old House Farm near Takeley, Essex. The farm has been redeveloped and what was a field is now the A120 Takeley By-Pass. The Control Tower at Stansted Airport can be seen on the left of the picture.
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The A120 (before and after construction) near Takeley, Essex. The first picture shows a lane at Warish Hall (near Takeley). The second picture (taken from the same spot) shows how what was a lane is now the A120.
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A lane at Warish Hall near Takeley (future A120)
A lane at Warish Hall near Takeley (future A120)
The A120 Takeley By-Pass (after construction)
The A120 Takeley By-Pass (after construction)
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The A120 Takeley By-Pass (before and after construction), Essex. These pictures show the view from Warish Hall Road near Takeley, Essex. The trees and farm link the 2 pictures.
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A field near Takeley (future A120)
A field near Takeley (future A120)
The A120 Takeley By-Pass (after completion)
The A120 Takeley By-Pass (after completion)
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The A120 Takeley By-Pass (before and after construction), Essex. These 2 photos show the view (looking west) at Warish Hall Road near Takeley, Essex.
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Warish Hall Road near Takeley (future A120)
Warish Hall Road near Takeley (future A120)
The A120 Takeley By-Pass (completed)
The A120 Takeley By-Pass (completed)
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The view (looking east) from Frogs Hall (future A120) near Little Canfield, Essex
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The view from Frogs Hall (near Little Canfield), Essex
The view from Frogs Hall (near Little Canfield), Essex
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The view (looking east) from Frogs Hall (near Little Canfield) after completion of the A120 Takeley By-Pass, Essex.
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The A120 (before and after construction) near Great Dunmow, Essex. The photos show the view (looking south) towards Minchins near Great Dunmow, Essex.
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A field (future A120) near Great Dunmow, Essex
A field (future A120) near Great Dunmow, Essex
The A120 (completed) near Great Dunmow, Essex
The A120 (completed) near Great Dunmow, Essex
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A field (future A120) near Great Dunmow, Essex.
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The A120 (under construction)
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The A120 near Great Dunmow (after completion). What was a field is now the dual carriageway A120. The tree (left of the picture) has survived.
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What's your method for getting the exact same view when you return months or years later? You seem to do a very good job of finding the exact same vantage point each time and it's very impressive!
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When I take the before pictures I make a note of the location for when I return 3 or 4 years later, also I know some of the footpaths so this makes it easier to remember. The way that I get the before and after pictures almost the same is by taking the before photos with me when I return to take the after pictures, there are often some features (trees or a farm) that have not changed even though a road has been built. I'm glad you like the pictures, I still have a few more to add in the next few weeks.
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Thank you for your great before and after shots, roadphotos! :) I’ve really enjoyed reading though this thread today. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

What I would love to know is how do you get them just the right size to be accepted here on SABRE - as nearly all the images that I try to post up, even ones I have re-sized to be much smaller, are deemed as “too big” for the site. :evil: :shock: :(

Please do keep these before and after photos coming!
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The pictures wouldn't upload to SABRE from my mobile phone either so I had to reduce them by using the photo and picture resize app. It isn't the actual size of the picture that has to be altered it's the amount of pixel's. Once I had the Photo and Picture Resizer app then I used it to reduce the amount of pixel's (to 500) so that they would go on to SABRE (you lose a bit of quality but they are still ok).
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roadphotos wrote: Sat Jan 08, 2022 18:55 When I take the before pictures I make a note of the location for when I return 3 or 4 years later, also I know some of the footpaths so this makes it easier to remember. The way that I get the before and after pictures almost the same is by taking the before photos with me when I return to take the after pictures, there are often some feature (trees or a farm) that have not changed even though a road has been built. I'm glad you like the pictures, I still have a few more to add in the next few weeks.
When I took before and after photos I took a printout of the before picture with me so I can match the view when taking the after picture. This worked when I had the same camera. In 2004 I bought my first DSLR which had a 3:2 aspect ratio instead of 4:3 which made things awkward. Here's one I did using the same camera for both photos which I feel is pretty spot on for positioning.
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Truvelo, your before and after pictures look spot on (both exactly the same).
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The view near Great Dunmow (before and after A120 construction). The first picture shows a field (future A120) between Stagg's Farm and Minchins near Great Dunmow. The second picture shows how what was a field is now the dual carriageway A120.
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A field (future A120) near Great Dunmow, Essex
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The A120 near Great Dunmow (after completion)
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Although I'm a roads fan I do prefer the before photos you posted. Such a shame the peace and tranquillity of a farmer's' field has now been destroyed. Your last photo in particular is lush and green in the before view and brown and parched in the later view, presumably after a long dry spell.
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