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Young Pheasant
Birds

Young Dumb Pheasant

We were back in Rowley Woods this weekend, a mid afternoon visit so we weren’t expecting to see much Deer action – but we ran into a family group again and a Muntjac that must have been hiding from the larger fallow deer. Despite being pretty close to the Muntjac

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Grasslands
HDR

Grasslands

I’ve not done any HDR photography for a little while…until today, when a pretty drab day demanded it. I had a walk around Leez Priory and the lake there. Just before you get to the lake there is this meadow. What particularly attracted me to this area were the patches

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Running Pheasant
Birds

Leg it! A young peasant greets the approaching photographer

I have a lot of photographs of birds disappearing into the middle distance, I have neither the super long lens of a wildlife photographer, nor have I the patience, finesse or light footedness to approach such creatures in such a way as not to put the fear of god into

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A photograph of power lines over a field with some pretty big clouds looming
The Essex Countryside

Oh No – More Pylons!

Having always been curious about why so many photographers take such interest, and photograph, pylons of all shapes and sizes (and, of course, having found the pylon appreciation society in this post) I have, of course fallen under their (photographic) spell. It is, of course, the lines – they lead

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Rickling Covered Walk
The Essex Countryside

Rickling Green covered path

So, this is from our walk on Saturday around Rickling and Rickling Green – the contrast between the sky, trees and ploughed field immediately caught my eye.

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Cricket on Rickling Green
The Essex Countryside

The Return of Summer

We’ve seen a brief return of Summer here over the last couple of days so we took a walk around Rickling and Rickling Green today. There was a typical English village scene with a cricket match taking place on the Green.  

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A vintage car called Clementine leaving Little Easton Country Fair
Black & White

Au Revoir Clementine

We’ll say goodbye to the Little Easton Country Show with this image of the vintage car called Clementine.

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Rolls Royce Silver Lady
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Rolls Royce at the Little Easton Show

At the Countess of Warwick’s Country Show in Little Easton you’ll find a lot of vintage cars on display, including a fair number of Rolls Royce’s. This is because Great Easton has a Rolls Royce dealer – P & A Wood, indeed, they brought the 1918 Le Rhone Rotary engine

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Detail of the 1918 Le Rhone Rotary engine
The Essex Countryside

Little Easton Country Show

The Countess of Warwick’s Country Show was held in Little Easton over the bank holiday weekend. After the ridiculously early start on the bank holiday Monday I had plenty of time to wander up to see what was going on. The place was absolutely packed with the large car park

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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.