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Mary Livingston

Hey Everyone! I live downunder in the Western Pacific in this photogenic place called Aotearoa. I work full time as a marine scientist. After my kids left home, my number one hobby became photograp...
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Day 97
Crowded House
All the birds were bathing today in the first bit of warmth for a while. #outdoors #nature #friday #afternoon #duck #lake #bird #wood #w...
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Day 100
Almost Mid-Winter
Two days to go before the shortest day of the year! Gloomy and chilly, the clouds today made for a great picture from my work. #outd...
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Day 73
First light in NZ
I was arriving back in NZ after a trip to Alaska...here was the dawn at 8.30 am instead of 3 am! #morning #landscape #tuesday #water...
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Day 42
Another beautiful day
Cook Strait is rarely this calm #saturday #evening #landscape #water #sea #sun #sky #clouds #orange #sunrise #sunset #ocean #bea...
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Day 64
Cold as charity
A freezing cold trip to a fiord and Glacier out of Seward..... #morning #lake #mountains #landscape #sunday #water #sea #sky #ocean #s...
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Day 75
Testing Concepts
Today I was at an all day conference about concepts and perspectives in science, so I tried a different approach to photographing som...
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Day 165
Sunrise at 7 AM
A blaze of orange and a chilly 4 degrees C this morning, with traffic pouring into town along the motorway. I was looking for frost an...
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Day 80
The bedroom curtain
I often wonder what is in people's houses behind the curtains in the middle of the day! Maybe something tawdry...maybe a lonely pe...
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Day 135
My Wind Tunnel
I often come here. It is an unlit subway or tunnel that is walking only. Light streams in the open window slots creating wonderful oppo...
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Day 203
Sunrise in the wet
#morning #fall #outdoors #nature #saturday #lake #landscape #water #fog #reflection #sky #sunset #winter #mist #smoke #snow #travel...
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Day 217
Floating Crane
Great photo trip today on a floating crane built 100 years ago it is undergoing restoration..called Hiketea #october #outdoors #afterno...
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Day 234
Early evening view from my house
#october #outdoors #nature #evening #landscape #dark #tuesday #water #rain #city #sun #sky #dramatic #cloud #sunset #...
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Day 125
La Fille de l'Espace
The moon was hard to capture tonight because of heavy clouds scudding along so I played around with some in camera movement just...
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Day 129
Giant Braille
Playing with my wide angle lens today I tried it out on this poignant piece of sculpture that describes the loss of orientation when the...
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Day 145
After Theatre Glow
I saw the funniest political satire tonight at the the Circa theatre (building on the left) and tried a mad setting on the camera t...
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Day 207
Spring lights down-under
#october #fall #outdoors #nature #afternoon #wood #color #wednesday #tree #leaf #branch #bright #summer #season #flora #no-pe...
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Day 74
From spring to autumn in one hit
Very strange to arrive back down under and find myself among late autumn flowers after the light new foliage of sprin...
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Day 140
Low Tide
I stopped to take in the air and the evening light on my way to a concert. It was very chilly but also lovely. #outdoors #nature #afternoon #...
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Day 172
The Staircase
Cold and miserable today at lunch so I popped into the old government building to have another look at these stairs again! #indoors #aft...
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Day 218
The Impression of Weather
A lot of weather today at the market!!! #morning #october #outdoors #nature #landscape #sunday #water #sea #reflection #peop...
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Day 128
Window Shopping
Walking passed these delicious looking shoes was an exercise in willpower. Very proud to announce that I didnt even go inside in spite...
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Day 222
The pillars of power swoon at the election outcome in NZ
Hmm, our new government has been announced today as a labour-green-NZfirst coalition after 9...
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Day 15
Tongue piercing?
Playing with the new camera and a friend's macro lens..this wee raindrop just glistened! Feeling excited about the new camera now!!!!...
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Day 111
Changing the Guard
Oh yes, the Lions are in town...how could I possibly forget? Everything makes sense now! #friday #afternoon #street #people #winter...