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2013 - 52 Week Project

17/52 The Bridge to Audley End House

We were talked into joing English Heritage when we were last in Nothumberland, and I have to say, we worried whether we would get our monies worth. Well, I’ve been to Audley End about 4 times this year so far and I always find something new to look at. It

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2013 - 52 Week Project

16/52 Look to the Sun

Finally, wild spring flowers have started appearing all over the place. These are Anemone nemorosa, or, if you prefer, wood anemone in West Wood, just outside Thaxted in Essex.

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2013 - 52 Week Project

15/52 Step into Spring

Spring finally arrived yesterday and we took a walk around Rowney Woods. Amazingly we saw 3 different types of butterfly – they will have been struggling to find any flowers, with the exception of a few straggly primroses there really wasn’t much for them to go at. I forced myself

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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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2013 - 52 Week Project

13/52 Moonrise on Hatfield Forest Lake

I’ve been keen to shoot the stars and I had some limited success with this but the moon coming up over the lake at Hatfield Forest was quite beautiful. It’s amazingly quiet in the forest at this time of night…except for the roar of the jet engines and smell of

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Thaxted Windmill and Church
Landscape

I was naughty…

I knew full well that I shouldn’t just march over the farmers field, my main defense it that it’s the middle of winter and nothing is growing or has been planted yet…also, I wanted the picture 😉 For those of you not in the know, this is the John Webb

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Post Box
Great Dunmow

Post Box

This post box is just down the road from where I live on North Street in Great Dunmow, Essex.

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Misty
Landscape

Misty

It’s a cold one…taken just outside the Gardens of Easton Lodge looking back towards Little Easton lodge and the Lakes.

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Bird on a Stick
2013 - 52 Week Project

8/52 Bird On A Stick

I’ve just got myself a 2x tele-converter and this was one of the first shots I took with it through a very dirty kitchen window and hand held. Very pleased with the tele-converter – much better than spending hundreds on a new lens 😉

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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.