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Leaping Squirrel
2021 - 365 Project

062-365v4 A Bumper Day of Photographs!

After struggling for an image yesterday, I’ve got them coming out of my ears today…this is what often happens when doing a 365 project. The featured image today is one of our regular squirrel’s who visits daily. This is the bigger of the two and he has discovered that if

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Lines
2014 - 365 Project

312/365v2 Lines

I’m doing a photography course all about composition, the first subject was “Lines” I don’t think this was quite what they had in mind. (no flour was harmed or snorted in the making of this photograph 😉 )

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Getting The Needle
2014 - 365 Project

097/365v2 – Getting The Needle

Having watched Game of Thrones (Sky +) I suddenly realised it was 11.30pm and no photo completed so I raided debbies knitting pots and got these very nice wooden knitting needles…she’s got quite a collection – perfect for a bit of macro photography.

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Soon to be a Cowl
2014 - 365 Project

074/365v2 Soon to be a Cowl

It’s been a quiet day on the photography front so it has come down to a battle between one of our cats and a work in progress…so I picked the work in progress if, for no other reason than my wife has had another order for one of these pieces

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A Crocus for Mother
2014 - 365 Project

071/365v2 A Crocus for Mother

The crocus are springing up all over the garden now. I isolated this flower, gave it a clean white background and then applied the oil paint filter in photoshop to give it that nice texture. I’m going to use this to create mothers day cards for my mother and mother

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Sockeye Salmon
2014 - 365 Project

010/365v2 Sockeye Salmon

The 365 this time round really doesn’t feel like its got off the ground just yet. A combination of being mega busy at work and quite dreadful weather has kept me indoors too much. As such I’m limited to table photography much of the time…I have plenty of subjects available

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Chris Hillman
2012 - 366 Project

352/366 Chris Hillman

This gentleman is our tutor on our City and Guilds Level 2 Photography course in Chelmsford. As you will gather, this evening we have been learning lighting for portraiture photography, with an emphasis on the correct focal length to use. This was shot at 70mm, ideally I should have had

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Failed Orchid v2
Macro Photography

Failed Orchid v2

You can see v1 on my 365 project page. This is an ex bud on my wifes Moth Orchid that has dried out and turned all papery. I love the stem that looks just like a dried up umbilical cord to me…or is that just weird 😉 The image itself

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Polinate Me
Macro Photography

Pollinate Me

This is a stacked macro made up of 10 shots of a lily. You really see so much more detail in these macro shots than you do just looking with your bare eyes.

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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.