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Black and White Unite II
2021 - 365 Project

069-365v4 Black and White Unite II

As often happens, this isn’t the shot I wanted to take. I created a black and white checkboard for a different image, but I didn’t make the squares small enough, so I’m going to have to make some new ones. So, I thought I’d have a go at the water

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If It Fits I Sits
2021 - 365 Project

068-365v4 If It Fits I Sits

This is our old cat Badger, who you will find him, periodically throughout the blog although I haven’t photographed him for a while. He’s not been well recently and is suffering from kidney failure but he continues to entertain us and wake us (well, Debbie) up at 4 in the

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Shake Ya Tail Feathers
2021 - 365 Project

067-365v4 Scrub a Dub Dunnock – aka Shake Ya Tail Feathers

One of our regular visitors, the Dunnock decided today was the day for a proper brush up so he carefully avoided the actual birdbath that we have kindly provided amd decided the flooded plant pot would do much better. S/he was in there for ages and made sure she was

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Duck Patrol at Doctors Pond
2021 - 365 Project

066-365v4 Duck Patrol at Dunmow Pond

The ducks are pairing up on Doctors Pond for the mating season. This is the only time they come visiting in our garden as they look for somewhere to lay their eggs. We always get losts of visitors, but they never stay…probably just as well as we still haven’t rid

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A Hand knitted sock
2021 - 365 Project

065-365v4 Sock It To ‘Em

A busy day today, I completely re-themed the camera club website (you can’t see it yet as it’s on the staging server prior to approval of the club committee). So, my only photgraphy was a little commission work for Debbie. She has now added my Blue Tit themed coin purses

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Fieldfare on Bigods Lane
2021 - 365 Project

064-365v4 Redwings & Fieldfare on Bigods Lane

We took our usual walk around our local area earlier today and saw the Fieldfare had arrived. They always turn up at this time of year on the fields around Bigods Lane in Great Dunmow. They are part of the thrush family and winter in the UK before heading north

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Light Bulb in Blue
2021 - 365 Project

063-365v4 See The Light!

A couple of days ago I published an image of a light bulb with a red background. It was pretty boring, so, with a bit more time available to me today I sat down and re-photographed it. First things first, let’s get rid of that red background…what was I thinking?

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Leaping Squirrel
2021 - 365 Project

062-365v4 A Bumper Day of Photographs!

After struggling for an image yesterday, I’ve got them coming out of my ears today…this is what often happens when doing a 365 project. The featured image today is one of our regular squirrel’s who visits daily. This is the bigger of the two and he has discovered that if

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That Light Bulb Moment
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061-365v4 – Red Light

This is something of an emergency post as it got rather later than expected and I hadn’t taken a shot all day. So, Debbie had left out a burnt out bulb for me to replace, I gave it a quick polish and set it up against a red background…quite why

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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.