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Tree and Moon, black and white
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West Wood – Between Thaxted and Great Sampford

We’ve been to West Wood before but not for a few months so it was nice to get out there on Monday before the weather closed in. We had lovely bright weather and the moon followed us around all day. So here’s a black and white shot of the moon

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The Pier back to Walton
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Walton On The Naze Pier

I visited the Essex Seaside today, specifically, Walton on the Naze. I was particularly drawn to Walton for its pier – a nice long wooden one, albeit with a remarkably garish orange front area where the amusement park is. Now, I do understand mid December on a week day is

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Misty Rowney Woods
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Misty morning in Rowney Woods

I’m sure it will come as no surprise to anyone who has followed this blog for a month or two that the Rowney Woods would feature again. We paid another early morning visit last Sunday, but with the days drawing in we were able to leave at a much more

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The Southwold Coastline B&W
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Black and White Southwold

You may have gathered, if you follow this blog at all, that we visited Southwold last week. We were so lucky with the weather – mid October and comfortable in just a polo shirt. The sun really was glinting off the North Sea and this contrast really makes this black

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Go Get It Boy
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Go Get It Boy!

It was a pretty grey day on Sunday for the London Photowalk around Hampstead Heath, but that lends itself nicely to some black and white images. As a boy I grew up with dogs, a Scottie, an Old English Sheepdog and a series of English Setters. Since moving down to

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The Radcliffe Camera HDR
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The Radcliffe Camera, Oxford – HDR and LDR

Obviously, when you walk around Oxford it is the architecture that catches your eye, sandstone abounds. We had absolutely glorious weather on Saturday for the Scott Kelby Worldwide Walk, which isn’t the best light to capture great images so here are a couple of versions of the same image where

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Orange Rose - Colour
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Black and White or Colour?

You choose 😉 I’m really quite undecided. I found these roses at the Foakes Hall in Great Dunmow this afternoon. I love the black and white conversion, but the orange is so vivid (at least I hope it’s orange – colour blind and all that)…

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A vintage car called Clementine leaving Little Easton Country Fair
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Au Revoir Clementine

We’ll say goodbye to the Little Easton Country Show with this image of the vintage car called Clementine.

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A black and white photograph of a plowed field, clouds and a dead tree in Matching, Essex
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The Ploughed Field

We took a stroll around Matching at the weekend, a really nice part of Essex close to Harlow. I’m getting more and more interested inblack and white photography, quite the opposite to the HDR (high dynamic range) photography I have concentrated on for the last 6 months or so.

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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.