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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 34
Cyclonic stupidity!
Came across these 2 tourists who managed to bed themselves into the mud up near Mt Ruapehu on Good Friday! #friday #afternoon #lan...
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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 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...
#163
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 5
First hint of Autumn from my living room window
I woke up to a perfect morning today. Still, cool air and across the valley, a haze of smoke and mist....
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Day 10
Somewhere...over the rainbow
So much colour over Wellington this evening as the sun went down, literally from my window again!! #evening #landscape #l...
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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 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 199
Wires in Auckland
#morning #outdoors #tuesday #sky #steel #electricity #power #technology #wire #tower #line #energy #industry #danger #high #poles #t...
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Day 22
At the window
Weird what grabs your attention! This window had newspaper stuck on the inside, with some sort of blackening on it and footprints too......
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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 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 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 122
In the hot seat
Lunch time today on the waterfront yielded some lovely reflections in an airstream silver caravan selling delicious coffee! The seats...
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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 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 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 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 183
My Garden
I spent and hour or so playing with different ideas on multiple exposures and learnt a couple of new things :) #outdoors #nature #afternoon...
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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 198
Shattered
#outdoors #nature #afternoon #monday #color #design #art #web #texture #pattern #desktop #closeup #shape #abstract #decoration #flora #septe...
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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 11
Waiting
I was waiting for my ride home from work and saw the clouds and shadows in the architecture nearby #afternoon #wednesday #architecture #buildi...
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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...