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Jemima Puddle-Duck on Doctors Pond, Great Dunmow, Essex
2014 - 365 Project

098/365v2 Jemima Puddle-Duck

I know, she’s missing her bonnet 😉 This female mallard duck was being pestered up and down Doctors Pond in Great Dunmow by various male mallards – she was definitely centre of attention.

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Doctors Pond, Great Dunmow, Essex
2014 - 365 Project

063/365v2 Doctors Pond

I had to pop out to the Post Office this morning and it was such a beautiful morning that I grabbed a few shots of Doctors Pond on my way back. This is a 3 shot HDR taken on my Sony NEX7 and processed using photomatix, lightroom, photoshop, with a

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Around Doctors Pond
2014 - 365 Project

044/365v2 A-Round Doctors Pond

Playing around with symmetrical images today sees a slightly different take on Doctors Pond. The image was taken and split down the middle(ish) and rejoined. Just to add a little tension to the image I removed some of the symmetry, particularly from the geese.

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The Canadian Geese are Lining Up around Doctors Pond
2014 - 365 Project

025/365v2 Lined Up

The dreary weather continues unabated…I popped out inbetween showers and grabbed this shot of the local Geese around Doctors Pond, then an almighty crash of thunder and flash of lightning sent me scurrying back home. I then spend the next couple of our mounting some images for our next round

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2013 - 52 Week Project

35/52 Doctors Pond Sun Stream

Look through this web site and you’ll see many shots of Doctors Pond in Great Dunmow…not least because I only live about 20 yards from it 😉 I’ve never had any issues photographing this until today. Whilst photographing this I was approached by a woman who demanded to know what

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2013 - 52 Week Project

22/52 Into The Wide Blue Yonder

A female mallard takes off from the Doctors Pond in Great Dunmow and heads off into the wide blue yonder… I probably spend more time hanging around Doctors Pond than is healthy!

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2013 - 52 Week Project

14/52 Doctors Pond Little Planet

This was my first go at a “Little Planet”. Just to complicate matters I did an HDR version of it, so 55 shots were taken to make this image…probably a little excessive! It was good fun to make and I do like the effect…and, of course, it’s Doctors Pond, at

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Snowy Goose
Great Dunmow

Snowy Goose

This Canadian goose demonstrates the excellent insulating properties of a feathery down ;-). Taken on Doctors Pond in Great Dunmow, Essex

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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.