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33-365v5 Blue

This weeks 52frames project is “Blue”. You may recall Monday’s shot of water defraction which was in response to this and I did a separate shot with an orange half (the theme had a side challenge of “contrasting colour” and orange is directly opposite blue on the colour wheel). You

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Abstract Landscape
2025 - 365 Project

32-365v5 An Abstract Landscape

This is a fairly abstract shot of the distant hills with the sky above, it was a lovely morning for a walk if a little chilly Despite being in and amongst a lot of commercial forestry there are still areas that are basically either grassland or scrubland, it’s hard to

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The Sheep Field
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31-365v5 – The Sheep Field

To the side of our house is this sheep field which is currently unoccupied. This is a good thing as when it is occupied the escape squad unit of the sheep prison detail are exceptionally good at escaping from the field and visiting our garden. In some ways this is

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Jess and the Snowdrops
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30-365 v5 Jess and the Snowdrops

The snowdrops are coming out around Newcastleton. On our afternoon walk Debbie had promised me some Snowdrops to photo and there were plenty…on the other side of the river to where we were. We did find this small clump so I asked Jess to model for us to provide a

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Star Trails
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29-365v5 – Star Trails

Today we had basically no moon appearance today and, unusually, a cloudless evening sky so I popped out and set up my camera to shoot a star trail from our back garden…and here it is! I only realised the evening was going to be perfect for some astro photography late

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A Framed View
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28-365v5 – A Common View, For Me

I’ve taken this shot a few times and was convinced I’d already used it earlier this month, but on checking I see I haven’t used this yet, so here we go. I like using the 2 pines to frame the view beyond. There was just the start of a rainbow

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Defraction through a glass of water
2025 - 365 Project

27-365v5 – Water Defraction

I’ve had a go at this shot before and my last attempt was worse than this, but I’m still frustrated that I’ve still not got a decent quality shot of this. Let me tell you, you really need speedlights for this shot to work, not studio strobes and not overhead

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Snow Capped Hills
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26-365 v5 – Snow Caps

We had a light sprinkling of snow overnight and the hills are always so pretty when capped with snow, so here’s todays panorama taken from a similar position as our shot on the 9th January.  It’s just as well I took that shot as the heavens opened later on and

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A view of the Scottish Borders outside Newcastleton on the way to Jedburgh
2025 - 365 Project

25-365 v5 – The Morning After The Night Before

We were able to take our morning walk again today after yesterday’s storm left us housebound for the day. Jess was delighted to be back out and about but rather surprised and puzzled by the 4 new large obstacles that were now in her way as she walked up the

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A Stormy Outlook
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24-365v5 – A Stormy Outlook – Storm Éowyn stops play

Horrendous weather here in Scotland today, where we are in the Southernmost Borders was relatively light, we still had trees down and 4 power cuts through the day. Wind speed was around 74mph for round 4 or 5 hours from morning through to early afternoon since when the winds have

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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.