The Blog

Conker
Macro Photography

Conkers

When I was a boy conkers were a large part of your life during the autumn. In the last 10 or so years the threat of apparent death by conker has seen this great tradition die out, at least in school playing grounds, which is a shame. I knew all

Read More »
Dew Drops on a Spiders Web
Macro Photography

Dew on a Spider’s Web

I guess I’m running through all the cliche shots with my macro lens at the moment, but this was pretty tricky. When I got up this morning I saw all the cobwebs clearly from the bedroom window, so knew that it would be a good day to shoot these. I

Read More »
M and M
Macro Photography

That M & M moment

There comes a point in every photographers life that they take the M&M’s shot….here’s one of mine.

Read More »
Slug
Bugs and Critters

Slug City

Our back garden, probably as in most other back gardens, is full of slugs and snails. As with many of these types of creature I have always dismissed them as slimy messy things that get under my feet when it’s dark in the garden. Up close, they are quite interesting

Read More »
Fungus Family
Macro Photography

The Family Fungus

This jolly family of fungus was photographed in Rowney Woods (where else) back in September. I’ve included a picture of the full family tree along with a picture of one of the single families 😉  

Read More »
Mark's Right Eye
Macro Photography

Eye Eye, what have we here then?

I know – it’s a bit freaky – I took this photo with my 105mm macro lens on a tripod. When I first loaded this onto my computer (and bear in mind that I have it over 3 times the size you’ll see by clicking the image) I felt a

Read More »
Wet red leaf on pebbles
Macro Photography

Autumn

It’s here, after our Indian Summer the other week the temperatures have dropped and, as I sit here typing, there is a strong wind blowing outside rustling the dying leaves so it seems appropriate to post the following image taken today. I’d like to say how I was down by

Read More »
Hypnotic Daisy
London Photo Walk

Another Daisy

Captured on Sunday on the London Photowalk around Hampstead Heath – it’s the shapes created by the stamen(?) that particularly caught my eye.

Read More »
A Snowman in Oxford Covered Market
Macro Photography

Christmas is coming!

It’s never to early for a bit of Christmas shopping is it? 1st October and about 27c outside, inside the Oxford covered market these (and many others like it) were on proud display! Well, i suppose it was only 84 days till Christmas.

Read More »
'Av a heart
Macro Photography

Have a Heart!

Not one for the squeamish today… On Saturday I visited Oxford as part of the Scott Kelby Worldwide Photowalk. I’d never visited this city before and was impressed by its architecture and history, sadly my photographic skills did not come to the fore and I struggled to get many good

Read More »

Website designed by Make Digital Simple

Archives
Picture of Mark Seton

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.