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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 93
Red Sky at Night
This should auger well, but who knows? The forecast is all over the place at the mo! #outdoors #evening #light #monday #water #sun #m...
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Day 108
Reflecting
A lovely sunny morning everything hung with dew and rain, so I took the dog along to a local outdoor native plant museum. When I looked thr...
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Day 109
Ghosts of Cook Strait
Far to the west, beyond the surging waters and wheeling birds, the ferry gave me comfort that all was well. RIP Brigid. #outdoor...
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Day 32
Cheeky native parrot
These birds have clawed their way from a tiny population size so much so they are now off the threatened list in NZ! They abound...
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Day 105
Foggy Foggy View
Woke up today feeling cheated that somehow I had developed some sort viral chest thingie overnight that is going to floor me over the...
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Day 182
Feed Me Mum
Took a drive out to Makara Beach today and hood to see the King Shags thriving in their nests! #outdoors #nature #afternoon #saturday #lak...
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Day 181
The Killing Fields
A friend and I were driving through this new(ish) tunnel at night. It was built as part of New Zealand's 100 year commemoration of...
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Day 224
Steep Terrain
I love the wild South Coast looking onto Cook Strait....this was evening time #october #outdoors #afternoon #saturday #landscape #house...
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Day 230
Austral Spring
#october #nature #friday #afternoon #color #garden #leaf #flower #bed #bright #closeup #field #summer #floral #bouquet #petal #season #...
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Day 229
Peony
#thursday #october #nature #afternoon #color #garden #leaf #flower #love #bright #closeup #summer #floral #petal #head #beautiful #blooming #rom...
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Day 228
Evening Magic
#october #outdoors #nature #evening #wednesday #sun #sky #art #sunset #bright #dawn #rainbow #dusk #no-person #motley
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Day 138
Ride Home in the Rain
How lucky am I to get a ride home when its cold dark and wet after a long day at work! I was greeted by an excited dog who lavis...
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Day 169
Tranquility
A beautiful calm evening looking out across Cook Strait. No sign of a pink sunset anywhere. Quite unusual light for Wellington. #outdoors...
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Day 23
Lens cap day
Gloom. Cold. Wet and a big work load. Day and night were bleak and black....Haha! #night #monday #design #art #darkness #texture #april
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Day 29
Reef Herons on a mission
I spent hours today practising with a tele-zoom on this obliging pair of birds at a nearby wildlife retreat. #afternoon #bird...
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Day 31
Darkening skies
New Zealand is about to be pounced by the leftovers of another cyclone 'Cook' and the skies are looking ominous #afternoon #landscape...
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Day 44
Cold as Charity
In spite of the wintry chill in the air today in Wellington, lots of people were out on the water catching the occasional wave #aftern...
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Day 96
Pink Walls, Orange windows
It's hard to get good photos working full time in winter, but today I went a different route home just as the sun was disap...
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Day 134
Come on..gizza little taste
After spending the morning at the beach it wasnt until I sat down for a coffee and cheese scone that I finally got my shot...
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Day 213
Morning view
Awesome mist and mystery this morning #morning #october #evening #landscape #light #tuesday #water #rain #sea #fog #sky #cloud #sunset #w...
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Day 216
The Joy of the Circus
Such a gloomy evening in Wellington, but seriously brightened by this small no-animal circus #october #outdoors #friday #afterno...
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Day 226
Windy Wellington!
#october #outdoors #nature #afternoon #landscape #monday #water #fog #sun #sky #cloud #sunset #travel #summer #dawn #mountain #no-pe...
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Day 13
REALLY sharp!
Having just come back from a shop with my new camera, I took one last shot with my dying zoom camera #friday #afternoon #pipe #march #su...
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Day 54
Beauty Drifting In
These clouds drifted slowly in over the city just on sunset. Mesmerizing. #thursday #evening #landscape #water #sun #sky #clouds #o...