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The River Stour at Manningtree
2014 - 365 Project

267/365v2 The River Stour at Manningtree

I popped into Manningtree at lunchtime, I got as far as the Co-Op’s car park that backs onto the River Stour and so I took a walk along the banks as the tide came in – plenty of swans and even a Kingfisher were about on a pleasant if blowy

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Mistley Towers
2014 - 365 Project

247/365v2 Mistley Towers

Mistley Towers are the twin towers of all that’s left of the now demolished Church of St. Mary the Virgin at Mistley in Essex. I had no idea such a thing existed so it was quite a surprise when I saw this for the first time on my last visit

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From The Car Park
2014 - 365 Project

195/365v2 The View From The Car Park

I started my new job today, which was a bit of a shock to the system after 3 months of “holiday”. I’ve parked in a lot of company car parks over the years, but I think this one takes the prize for “Best View” so far. Taken on arrival this

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Dovercourt Lighthouse at Sunset
HDR

Dovercourt Lighthouse in Colour

I’ve published a couple of pictures of the lighthouses at Dovercourt before, but none in colour before. This was taken using my smaller Sony NEX7 camera whilst I was photographing the lighthouse with my main Nikon D800 camera. The D800 was taking a long (4 minutes or so) exposure which

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The Incoming Tide
2014 - 365 Project

040/365v2 The Incoming Tide

Handholding a shot for a second is not recommended…but I had deliberately set out without my tripod, I’d left it in the car…then I saw this view and thought I’d like to at least try and get this shot. I had to reduce the ISO to 50 to get the

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Overlooking Walton Beach
HDR

Walton on the Naze Beach Huts

One of the most popular posts on the blog is of the beach huts at Brightlingsea.  Walton on the Naze, (which is 15 miles east of Brightlingsea) also has beach huts but, rather than the standard one long row across the front, these are located in a row of terraces

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Underneath Walton Pier
HDR

Underneath the Pier

In many respects the underside of the Walton Pier was more interesting than the top side…or maybe that’s just me. This picture is made up of 9 original shots combined in an HDR (high dynamic range) image. The image was then styled using On One’s Perfect Photo Suite 6…so now

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The Pier back to Walton
Black & White

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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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.