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I have been known to take the occasional photograph of Doctors Pond. When Debbie (my wife) saw the colour version of this she groaned and said I was clicheing (I might have made up that word) my own cliches! Now, I had gone out with the intention of taking a
When I was a kid, the arrival of the fair was something of great excitement and anticipated for weeks…today…apparently, not so much. I wandered down to the fair in Dunmow this evening…the posters said it would be running until 10.00pm…I arrived around 9.00pm to find everything deserted and in the
I took a stroll around Dunmow this evening – down to the church and then back around the recreation ground, but it was my Doctors Pond photo from right at the beginning of the walk that immediately caught my eye…it will be interesting how the other, later shots come out.
Wandering around Dunmow this evening looking for a picture when I came across the local tennis courts. These are very well lit by these high floodlights positioned all around the court. No one was playing this evening…you can probably tell why from those clouds 😉
After a very poor start to the day weather wise, with thunderstorms and torrential rain, this afternoon cleared up and we had beautiful sunshine. I took a stroll across the Recreation Ground in Great Dunmow down to the River Chelmer where I scrambled up and down the banks to get
We’ve had some lovely weather over the last couple of days and I was sure we’d have a cracking sunset this evening…it just never happened. Still, Dunmow’s Doctors Pond always makes a pleasant picture.
So, yesterday I had a new bug (to me) to photograph, and today I have another one. Who knew there was such a thing as a “Tiger Crane Fly” (Nephrotoma flavescens)? Certainly not me, but here was one flapping around Dunmow this afternoon. He’s behind bars now like too many
This is just one of the myriad of birds around Doctors Pond in Great Dunmow this afternoon. It was a glorious afternoon and I decided to go and sit, with my camera, by the pond and see what was about to photograph. I certainly wasn’t disappointed, ducks, geese, wagtails, doves,
The weather has been…changeable the last few days and the next few days look as though they will continue this pattern. So, when in doubt, I nip out to Doctors Pond for the daily photo…the sky tells you all you need to know 😉
Two views, same day out of the same window, I loved the cloud in the earlier shot and the moon (non-eclipsed) in the second shot so decided to make a diptych.
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