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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 101
Dr Zhivago
Sunrise this morning...cold, wintry with condensation inside the windows. Made me think of that opening scene in the 60's version of the mo...
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Day 107
Beauty and Therapy
I am on the third day of one of those awful winter viruses..shivers and aches, the lot. But it was time to venture a short distance...
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Day 163
Magnolian Beauty
I just love the colour and shapes of the magnolia tree. Spring is round the corner I hope! #nature #afternoon #monday #leaf #flower #...
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Day 167
Windows
Modern glass fronted buildings with windows here and there make for great geometric patterns in the city. Here I was looking straight up the s...
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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 196
Plant Texture
Highly textured succulents doing well in the spring rain and sun down-under #outdoors #nature #afternoon #saturday #color #tree #garden...
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Day 206
Blooming
#october #outdoors #nature #afternoon #tuesday #color #garden #leaf #flower #bright #field #summer #floral #petal #beautiful #vibrant #season...
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Day 3
Waiting for the bus
Two buses failed to stop for me at the bus stop today, but I made this discovery ...a lovely curve of the pavement leading towards...
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Day 30
Flax plant
These leaves used by Maori for weaving are strong and fibrous with gorgeous red trim and fine detail on them #afternoon #monday #leaf #plan...
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Day 47
Goal!
I walk the dog everyday before a full day of work so it can be tricky to find interesting material as winter comes on. This is just the local ru...
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Day 115
The Final Hours
Working late tonight I realised that I had not had a minute all day to capture any photographs. The colour of the sky was superb and i...
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Day 174
Orange Day on Lambton Quay
Celebrating years of school patrols and safety on road crossings for kids, this colourful group braved the wet and the cold...
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Day 198
Shattered
#outdoors #nature #afternoon #monday #color #design #art #web #texture #pattern #desktop #closeup #shape #abstract #decoration #flora #septe...
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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 57
The joy of a powerful zoom
My first shot on a brand new zoom lens 100-400mm (800mm equivalent!!!!!!) Very excited! #afternoon #sunday #city #sky #arch...
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Day 123
Winter in Wellington
Massive storm system in from Antarctica today...a couple of of ice skaters were at the rink protected by the plastic tent #aftern...
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Day 133
Winter is still with us
The home fires were burning as I tried to get a shot of the wintry sunset and rough seas that hit Wellington over the weekend...
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Day 143
Spring Cleaning or Photography?
I spent a significant amount of time cleaning my poor neglected house on the weekend, only to end up with a ruptured d...
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Day 170
Wooly Mammoth Skies
Talk about a black Monday. It was grim out today! #morning #outdoors #nature #black-and-white #monday #downtown #dark #rain #stree...
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Day 193
Painterly effect
On a course today in another building. Lovely old windows gave a painterly effect to the view #outdoors #afternoon #old #house #wedne...
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Day 192
The Beauty of Youth
Schools were rehearsing their choral skills today in the Town Hall for an evening concert. They were so charming and shining with...
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Day 112
One more cup of coffee
Just before going to a memorial service to farewell a dear friend. A beautiful tribute was held. RIP my friend. #indoors #after...
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Day 136
Slowly Does It
On a whim I decided to go up to the city lookout point at the end of the day and spotted this family carefully making their way back do...
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Day 173
Another Iconic Closure in Wellington
So sad to read that this old characterful movie theatre is yet another much loved venue will be lost from Welling...