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Rose Petals
Macro Photography

Rose Petals

I am just dying to pop in a picture of the USS Enterprise into this picture – it looks like one of those strange space aurora’s that Captain James T Kirk and his crew stumble upon in their quest to boldly go…or is that just me?

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Fender Acoustic Guitar
Macro Photography

Fender Acoustic Guitar

I’ve played the guitar, on and off, since I was 14 and now have a 4 guitars and a mandolin. This is my Fender Gemini acoustic – a great guitar that I’ve had for about 15 years now.

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Conker
Macro Photography

Conkers

When I was a boy conkers were a large part of your life during the autumn. In the last 10 or so years the threat of apparent death by conker has seen this great tradition die out, at least in school playing grounds, which is a shame. I knew all

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Dew Drops on a Spiders Web
Macro Photography

Dew on a Spider’s Web

I guess I’m running through all the cliche shots with my macro lens at the moment, but this was pretty tricky. When I got up this morning I saw all the cobwebs clearly from the bedroom window, so knew that it would be a good day to shoot these. I

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Tower Bridge
HDR

Tower Bridge

So, one last shot of Tower Bridge in London from last Sunday. Whilst I was processing this I wondered why the bridge was painted blue. In fact it was painted red, white and blue for the Silver Jubilee back in 1977, previously it had, apparently, been a chocolatey colour. It

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M and M
Macro Photography

That M & M moment

There comes a point in every photographers life that they take the M&M’s shot….here’s one of mine.

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Eighteen and Under
London Photo Walk

Eighteen and under

The HMS Belfast is a fixture of the Thames now. Launched on St Patricks Day (obviously) in 1938 she saw action in the Second World War and the Korean War. She was finally moored on the Thames and turned into a museum in 1971. This photograph shows the detail of

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City Hall London
HDR

Robot

Has anyone ever noticed the similarities between Doctor Who’s Robot and London’s City Hall? Robot was Tom Baker’s first story in Doctor Who – it was first broadcast 28th December 1974 – and I can remember watching it quite clearly…I was 6 and hiding behind the sofa 😉

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Squirrel of City Hall
Bugs and Critters

Squirrel of London City Hall

When walking around the countryside in Essex you periodically see a flash of grey as a squirrel zips up a tree, very rarely do you get an easy picture out of them. Not so this little fella just outside London’s City Hall.

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Mark Seton

I'm an amateur photographer who enjoys music. I'm a past Chairman and Digital Secretary of the Bishops Stortford Camera club and I hold both LRPS and CPAGB distinctions. I have recently moved to Newcastleton in the Scottish Borders.