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Look Out
2012 - 366 Project

177/366 Look Out

It was a lovely sunny evening today so I popped out into the back garden with my macro lens to see what I could find. This fella was definitely on the look out, for what, I don’t know, beut he was very alert…excepting, of course, he didn’t seem to notice

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Toasted Sesame Seeds
2012 - 366 Project

174/366 – Toasted Sesame Seeds

Friday’s are always a tricky day for the 365 project because we are in relax mode and tend to watch the telly (Game of Thrones on the Sky+ box – cracking!) more than I would normally. So, as usual, 10.30pm came along and I needed something to shoot. We had

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Dogrose Stamen
Macro Photography

Dogrose Stamen

A close up shot of the stamen on a Dogrose. Taken in Little Bardfield, Essex.

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Winter Damselfly
Bugs and Critters

Winter Damselfly

This may or may not be a winter damselfly – its colours are right but it could just be an immature damselfly of another variety. It was seen on the River Pant at Little Bardfield.

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Damselfly
2012 - 366 Project

169/366 Damselfly

I spent a couple of hours in Little Bardfield by the river tracking down bugs…I found loads 😉 This is a damselfly, it looks like a winter damselfly but these are very rare over here so I am assuming it is, in fact, an immature different species…you’ll have gathered, I’m

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Chained Bokeh
2012 - 366 Project

163/366 Chained Bokeh

You can always tell when it’s bad weather here – out comes the macro lens and I end up wandering around the house trying to find something of interest to shoot. So today, as the rain patters against the window we have some silver chain.

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Les Paul Studio
2012 - 366 Project

162/366 Les Paul Studio Guitar

I’ve been playing with flash today, something I’ve not done much of. I was quite please with this shot of my Gibson, Les Paul Studio guitar and plectrum:

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Where's the Pollen?
2012 - 366 Project

156/366 Where’s the pollen?

Popped out into the garden over lunchtime and came back with shots of a host of flys and bees. The cool weather has made them slow and languorous – so much easier to photograph 😉

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Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria)
2012 - 366 Project

154/366 Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria)

Popped over to one of my favourite bug areas today over in Little Bardfield and saw plenty of Banded Demoiselles and Mayflies, along with a collection of beetles and this butterfly, a speckled wood.

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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.