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Little Egret in Great Dunmow

I spotted this fellow on a wander through Dunmow last Sunday morning. I accidentally disturbed him (I had no idea he was there) and he flew off into these trees.  This looks to my very untrained eye to be a Little Egret – a type of heron to you and

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Robin at a feeder
Birds

Where’s my Breakfast?

Marching around Dunmow after the snow fall a couple of Sunday’s ago I spotted this character searching out his breakfast.

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Walking in a winter wonderland
2012 - 366 Project

042/366 Walking in a Winter Wonderland

We went for a walk today in our favourite woods. Rowney Woods are about 8 miles from where we live in Great Dunmow and we had them to ourselves today. We regularly see deer here – today we only saw their tracks in and out of the woods.

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The River Chelmer in Winter, Great Dunmow
Great Dunmow

More snow in Dunmow

As it has started snowing again this evening I thought I’d publish another of my photos from last Sunday. This is of the River Chelmer which flows through Great Dunmow on its way, unsurprisingly, to Chelmsford and then on East.

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Sunrise over Great Dunmow
2012 - 366 Project

015/366 Sun Rise over Great Dunmow

Two days on the trot I manage to get up for the sun rise. Admittedly, I got up about two hours later today than yesterday and it was a case of trotting about 10 yards to Doctors Pond to take the picture – it helps as well that Dunmow is

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The Snow Globe
Macro Photography

It’s nearly Christmas…

Work is over for another year as we look forward to Christmas. Office parties have been successfully negotiated without too much embarrassment and we are settling in for a week and a half of over eating and drinking. Maybe we’ll get out and about, maybe we won’t, but we’ll certainly

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Starfish
Macro Photography

Starfish

You don’t get many starfish in Dunmow. This one came from Harlow. I was stuck in waiting for the gas man to come round and service my boiler, which he did, an hour late, but that was fine. I was glad of having visited the craft store in Harlow where

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Moon Ring
Great Dunmow

Weird Moon Phenomenon – A Moon Ring

Walking back from the car just 10 minutes ago (it’s 00.05 on the 9/12/11) I looked up at the moon and noticed a very visible and clear circle around the moon. I popped inside and got my camera. Now, the technical qualities of the photograph aren’t necessarily great, but hand-held

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Fender Acoustic Guitar
Macro Photography

Fender Acoustic Guitar

I’ve played the guitar, on and off, since I was 14 and now have a 4 guitars and a mandolin. This is my Fender Gemini acoustic – a great guitar that I’ve had for about 15 years now.

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Dew Drops on a Spiders Web
Macro Photography

Dew on a Spider’s Web

I guess I’m running through all the cliche shots with my macro lens at the moment, but this was pretty tricky. When I got up this morning I saw all the cobwebs clearly from the bedroom window, so knew that it would be a good day to shoot these. I

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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.