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The Burning Moon
burning

196-365v4 The Burning Moon

This is a shot (actually, it’s 2 images made up of 9 shots per image) of the moon I took around sunset this evening. I took a number of different images that I’m going to combine with another image of the moon I have yet to take (but will take

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An Iron fist in a velvet glove
blended images

115-365v4 An iron fist in a velvet glove

Today (and indeed yesterday) we have spent sorting the garden out, which included a visit to the local garden centre. The garden is now much improved. In amongst the rubbish and weeds we came across some wild strawberries which have just burst into flower and an old rusting two wheeled

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One For Sorrow
composite

074/365v4 One For Sorrow

This is another image I’ve made for a camera club competition. You have to pick 4 subjects from a list of 8 and produce 4 images based on those 4 subjects with only images you have taken in the last year. This image is in response to the subject “signs”.

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Guarding Sizewell B
composite

Guarding Sizewell B

I periodically break out the photoshop and do a bit of compositing – this is made from 6 of my images taken over a period of 3 or 4 years. I’m never too sure when they are finished…but I haven’t tweked this for a while…so we’ll call it done.

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Where's Me Dinner?
dinner

204/365v3 Where’s Me Dinner?

I take part in an occasional photography competition on Flickr called the f64 challenge. It’s just a bit of fun and I normally get knocked out pretty early…but there has been a change in the rules meaning that your have to photograph to a theme…and I’m in the 3rd round…so I

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I scarcely call these things our own - Scotney Castle in Kent and a Banded Demoiselle Damselfly
Banded Demoiselle

More Photoshop!

I’ve messed about in Photoshop over the years, although my go to application is Lightroom for 90% of the time. I’ve been doing a rather excellent course “Photoshop Artistry – Fine Art Grunge Composition Course!” – not much of a mouthful – that I have both really enjoyed and also found rather

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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.