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Barnacle Geese
2016 - 365 Project

098/365v3 Barnacle Geese

I ventured out first thing this morning into a rather dark and overcast morning and took a walk around Doctors Pond. I was surprised to find a pair of Barnacle Geese, which I haven’t seen here before – they don’t normally get this far south and east in the UK

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It's a Bit Murky Out There
2016 - 365 Project

097/365v3 It’s A Bit Murky Out There!

We’ve had a leaking radiator at home so we have had to be sparing with the heating as when you turn it on water sprayed across the room…we had the plumber in today to fix it…just in time for the weather to warm up again tomorrow. Still, it was nice

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Guardian of the Woods
2016 - 365 Project

095/365v3 Guardian of the Wood

Got out for a walk this afternoon, we were a bit late setting off and the sun was just setting as we walked round Garnetts Wood in Barnston. As usual we passed the wooden statue of Geffrey Garnet, a knight,  who was given the woods by the King in the 12th

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Autumn Sunset over Doctors Pond
2016 - 365 Project

087/365v3 Autumn Sunset over Doctors Pond

It’s Saturday so it’s time for a panorama. Today it is of Doctors Pond in Great Dunmow, Essex at sunset. This is an HDR image made up of 5 HDR images, each made from 5 original images, so 25 images in all (5 per portion). All stitched together in Kolor

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Guarding The Nests
2016 - 365 Project

079/365v3 Guarding The Nest

I walk past this tree most mornings and the crows are normally on the field pulling worms, today they didn’t seem to want to leave the tree and the 3 large nests that are in that tree.

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Firework Finale over Doctors Pond, Great Dunmow
2016 - 365 Project

066/365v3 Firework Finale over Doctors Pond.

I wanted to get the fireworks from the local display appearing over Doctors Pond, which I have done before. The wind didn’t help in getting decent shots of the fireworks today – this shot was of the finale explosion at the end of the display and you can see the

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Bridge Over the River Chelmer
2016 - 365 Project

065/365v3 Bridge Over the River Chelmer

Some days you just have to use what you have. This shot is from my morning walk and is one of those emergency shots you take, just so you have something in the bag. Today I was glad to have it as this was the best part of the day

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A Frosty Start
2016 - 365 Project

063/365v3 A Frosty Start

The first frost of this Autumn this morning, it made a pleasant change from the unseasonally warm weather we have had over the last few weeks.

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Coming At Me Out of the Fog
2016 - 365 Project

061/365v3 Coming At Me Out of the Fog

It was a proper Halloween morning, thick with fog today so I trotted down to the Churchyard to get some hackneyed shots of graves and memorials in the fog. I’ve always enjoyed this particular memorial, I think it’s the only one of its sort in the Great Dunmow graveyard (although I

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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.