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Paper Petals
flower

093/365v2 Paper Petals

Debbie made this paper (well, tissue)  flower today and it looked pretty good. I thought I’d make a macro shot of it – lit from the right with a desk lamp.

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Cup of Tea?
cup of tea

080/365v2 Cup of Tea?

Faffing around with the flash again tonight, I got the lighting just right on the pouring tea…now to fix the rest of it 😉

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Plug It In, Turn It Up
bass

076/365v2 Plug It In, Turn It Up

I seem to spend a lot more time photographing my guitars than playing them. I also seem to spend a lot of time fighting with flashes to try and get the light I want. This is heading in the right direction…but still some way to go!

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Drops of Dice
chilli

067/365v2 Drops of Dice

I have to make a special effort to get the fish tank (that has never seen fish in it) down from the loft as the wife won’t have it sat around cluttering up the house on the off chance that i’ll get round to taking a shot like this. I

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Down On The Beach
beach

062/365 Down on the Beach

Not all is quite as it seems in this shot of shells found on the beach at Walton on the Naze. The shot was taken in our spare bedroom and lit with a small torch. The shells are genuinely from Walton On The Naze, the pebbles, well actually they came

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Chateau Gold Watch
21st

028/365v2 My Gold Watch

Bought for me by my father on my 21st birthday, it needs a little maintenance and a good clean…as do most of my watches…I do seem to be a bit of a graveyard for watches. Yesterday’s watch was shot in normal room light. Tonights shot was lit with a small

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band

021/365v2 Strat Bridge

I have a small collection of guitars, this is the 2nd oldest but most battered one. My Fender Stratocaster made numerous appearances in a small variety of bands in the 90’s but hasn’t been used, as far as I can remember for about 15 years. I brought it down from

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The Problem With Analogue
analogue

003/365v2 The Trouble with Analogue

When you removed your tape from the machine and it looked like this you knew there was trouble in Hitsville. If the cassette hadn’t already failed it was certainly on its way out…and this tends to be the issue with many analogue things that we all reminisce about…forgetting that, actually,

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Mark Seton

I'm an amateur photographer who enjoys music. I'm currently the Digital Secretary of the Bishops Stortford Camera club (and am a past Chairman) and I hold both LRPS and CPAGB distinctions.