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Harris Hawk
Bugs and Critters

Harris Hawk

This one is from back in August and was taken at the Countess of Warwick’s Country Show in Little Easton. There was a chap there displaying his falconry skills and his birds of prey and this Harris Hawk was part of them. They originally come from the south western United

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Marbles
Macro Photography

Marbles…he’s lost his…

I was wondering what to photograph today and thought it might be fun to shoot some marbles with my macro lens. So out I popped to the local shop and came back with a small bag of marbles. They’re not as good as the ones I remember as a child…but

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Broken Shell
The Essex Countryside

Coming to an End

It was something of a surprise to find a broken egg shell on our walk today. I think the picture came out better than I expected – I hadn’t noticed the small red berry – and says so much about life and nature at the end of autumn.

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Fungus Family
Macro Photography

The Family Fungus

This jolly family of fungus was photographed in Rowney Woods (where else) back in September. I’ve included a picture of the full family tree along with a picture of one of the single families 😉  

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Terling Ford
The Essex Countryside

The Ford at Turling

Whilst walking to Turling we had seen a few road signs pointing to the ford, but warning that there was no vehicle access across it, fairly unusual as a ford, by its nature is supposed to be a shallow, crossable, part of a water course. Clearly, this one wasn’t, although

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The Southwold Coastline B&W
Black & White

Black and White Southwold

You may have gathered, if you follow this blog at all, that we visited Southwold last week. We were so lucky with the weather – mid October and comfortable in just a polo shirt. The sun really was glinting off the North Sea and this contrast really makes this black

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Sunset over All Saints Church Great Leighs
Churches

All Saints Church, Great Leighs at Sunset

This image has been pretty popular on my Flickr pages – if you want to see many more of my pictures this is the place to go – I only show a small number of pictures on this site. Just click the Flickr link towards the top of the page

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Southwold Pier Entrance
Suffolk

Southwold Pier

We ventured out of Essex for the day and visited Southwold which is the most fabulous, quintessentially English, seaside resort. Southwold boasts a privately owned pier which has a selection of shops and curious exhibitions and displays many of which will feature on this blog over the next few days.

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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.