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St Andrews and All Saints Willingale BandW
Black & White

St Andrews Church, Willingale

Ordinarily I’d start a series of photographs of a church with a picture from the outside, but I couldn’t get the images I had to look as I wanted to yesterday. The main problem was the dreary sky – it was very grey! After some work today I think this

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Canadian Geese Doctors Pond
Birds

Canada Geese on Doctors Pond

If you’ve ever been to Great Dunmow you’ll know that, on Doctors Pond, we don’t only have ducks, but also a flock of Canada Geese (Branta canadensis). This lot make a real racket, honking away, and they do like a good hissing fight! This shot was taken back in the

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Red Admiral on Buddleia Vanessa atalanta
Bugs and Critters

Red Admiral Butterfly – Vanessa atalanta

Having been out looking for some butterflies to photograph with my new macro lens it was typical that, on returning home to Dunmow, we should immediately spot a Red Admiral fluttering around the back garden. Of course. as soon as it saw me with camera in hand it legged it

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Hoverfly Macro
Bugs and Critters

Macro Photography

So I invested in a very nice new Macro lens this week – 105mm f2.8 Nikon lens so you’re going to see a few of these over the weeks to come 😉 This is a hoverfly in the back garden in Great Dunmow – my macro technique needs perfecting, but

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Fishing Seat 16
HDR

Fishing Seat 16 at Sunset

Just down the road from the Almshouses in Little Easton you’ll find a lake with many Ducks and Canadian Geese on it. Its a fishing lake and has many fishing seats dotted around it – here’s spot 16: Who wouldn’t want to do a spot of fishing from here?

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Tilty Watermill
Dereliction

The Watermill at Tilty

The watermill is thought to date from the later part of the 18th century. The mill contains a large cast iron waterwheel and a complete set of gearing to three pairs of millstones. As recently as 2005 restoration was being considered, however the mill appears to have been abandoned now

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Dunmow from Doctors Pond
Doctors Pond

Doctors Pond – Dunmow

Pictures you see of Doctors Pond are usually taken from the North Street end of the pond looking towards Star Lane and the tennis courts, and that’s fair enough it’s an obviously attractive picture. This picture, on the other hand, is taken from the Rosemary Lane side looking towards Dunmow

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Aythorpe Roding Windmill
The Essex Countryside

Welcome to Flitch Photography

Welcome to Flitch Photography. We are based in the small market town of Great Dunmow in Essex, famous for their Flitch Trials held every four years. Dunmow is in the district of Uttlesford and is near Saffron Walden, Bishops Stortford, Chelmsford and Stansted Airport. We hope to help change your

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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.