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Earlier Later
2014 - 365 Project

104/365v2 Earlier Later

Two views, same day out of the same window, I loved the cloud in the earlier shot and the moon (non-eclipsed) in the second shot so decided to make a diptych.

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Jemima Puddle-Duck on Doctors Pond, Great Dunmow, Essex
2014 - 365 Project

098/365v2 Jemima Puddle-Duck

I know, she’s missing her bonnet 😉 This female mallard duck was being pestered up and down Doctors Pond in Great Dunmow by various male mallards – she was definitely centre of attention.

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Bursting Into Bloom
2014 - 365 Project

092/365v2 Bursting Into Bloom

More flowers are coming into bloom in the garden. This is the third camellia flower that has appeared on our new camellia tree, this is the first that hasn’t bloomed on the opposite side of the plant, up against the wall…what attraction the wall has for these flowers I don’t

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The River Stort, Dunmow, Essex
2014 - 365 Project

089/365v2 The River Stort, Dunmow

I took a stroll around Dunmow this afternoon/early evening. The forecast had said we’d have sunny spells all day…I don’t think we saw the sun at all…but it was nice and warm. I ended up down by the Rover Stort and grabbed the brackets for this HDR shot.

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Space Invaders
2014 - 365 Project

088/365v2 Space Invaders

Sitting in the lovely sunshine this morning with my camera I was taking shots of all sorts of things that caught my eye including this shot of our roof line with its repeating patterns – when I looked at it on the computer it reminded me of the shields you

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Doctors Pond, Great Dunmow, Essex
2014 - 365 Project

063/365v2 Doctors Pond

I had to pop out to the Post Office this morning and it was such a beautiful morning that I grabbed a few shots of Doctors Pond on my way back. This is a 3 shot HDR taken on my Sony NEX7 and processed using photomatix, lightroom, photoshop, with a

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In Flight
2014 - 365 Project

057/365v2 In Flight

A Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) flying low over Doctors Pond in Great Dunmow this evening

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Around Doctors Pond
2014 - 365 Project

044/365v2 A-Round Doctors Pond

Playing around with symmetrical images today sees a slightly different take on Doctors Pond. The image was taken and split down the middle(ish) and rejoined. Just to add a little tension to the image I removed some of the symmetry, particularly from the geese.

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High Street Bokeh
2014 - 365 Project

041/365v2 High Street Bokeh

Wandering around Dunmow on a cold evening looking for shots, I thought the various lights in town would make a slightly different shot of the High Street, turning them into out of focus bokeh.

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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.