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Hoverfly on Lavender
Bugs and Critters

Hoverfly on Lavender

We are lucky enough to have a large area of lavender in our back garden. We didn’t plant it there, it just arrived one year and we have enjoyed it every year since…as have the local hoverflys, amongst others 😉

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Golden long horned moth on scabious
2012 - 366 Project

210/366 A golden long horned moth on scabious

I popped out for a walk late afternoon/early evening and decided to head down to the Flitch Way in Dunmow. I’ve been on the Flitch Way at Little Dunmow and Little Canfield, but never in Great  Dunmow. So off I set, thinking I knew exactly how to get to it…of

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Seeders
2012 - 366 Project

208/366 Seeders

You may recall earlier in this project a couple of photographs of a foxglove growing in my garden. Well, this is the same foxglove today, it’s definitely gone to seed 😉

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The Web of Fear
2012 - 366 Project

203/366 The Web of Fear

I went out today with all 3 extension rings attached to my camera and the 105mm macro lens to go for really small stuff. Whilst this spider isn’t particularly small I was looking to capture the web, more than the actual spider and I was delighted with the results. The

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Debbie's Knitting
2012 - 366 Project

200/366 Debbie’s Knitting

Photo 100 was of some of Debbie’s knitting so it seems kind of fitting that post 200 should also be of some of Debbie’s knitting. I should stress that I was asked to shoot this for a project Debbie is doing, it has nothing to do with a lack of

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Bill and Bob
2012 - 366 Project

195/366 Bill and Bob

I found this old circuit board, which was for an old amplifier I had, in a cupboard earlier today. I spent some time taking some close up shots and, as often happens with macro work, these two characters appeared.

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Heading In
2012 - 366 Project

190/366 – Moving In

A brief break in the rain this afternoon meant I could pop out and grab this shot f a hoverfly venturing into a foxglove.  

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Tuneful Tracks
2012 - 366 Project

179/366 Tuneful Tracks

I really struggled for a subject tonight. I tried washing up bubbles and then knitting before I decided on the subject. I used 3 different lenses to try and get what I wanted but that didn’t work either. In the end I fell back on my newly cleaned and restrung

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Racing on a Thread
Bugs and Critters

Racing on a thread

Out in the garden today with my macro lens and I caught this spider shinning down his web at a fair rate of knots:

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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.