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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 8
The Whitecliff Boulders
Deep in the heart of the Mangaweka Valley in the NI of New Zealand lie these curious smooth round boulders from an ancient sea...
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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 60
Room with a view
Sundown from my hotel room in Anchorage at about 11 pm #evening #wednesday #building #barn #structure #housing #may #dwelling #hovel...
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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 227
Texture
#october #afternoon #retro #tuesday #steel #empty #dirty #simplicity #paper #wallpaper #vertical #rough #graphic-design #stripe #contemporary...
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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 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 33
Waiting
Wellington is fog-bound, cold and very wait. Everyone is on standby for the cyclone Cook...check out this awesome wind map over New Zealand ht...
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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 231
Leisurely water movements
#morning #october #outdoors #nature #saturday #lake #landscape #water #reflection #cold #river #frost #ice #winter #snow #po...
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Day 16
Blurry feeling
Rushing along city streets on a wet and gloomy day my path was suddenly brightened by this blur of colour under the umbrella. This is h...
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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 49
One Dead Trolley
In a children's skate park, a shopping trolley lies alone and abandoned. Who puts such things in such places? I must have led a shelt...
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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 83
Metallic Forest
Across the road, opposite to where I work, there is a strange lattice structure around the building representing the red flowers and d...
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Day 155
Abstract Whimsy
Wet and cold today in Wellington so I played with my camera trying different ideas for Abstracts material. This glass sits on top of t...
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Day 188
Major Milestone
This took courage. I finally committed to a small exhibition of my photographic work in a month's time by going public with the notifi...
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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 142
Don't Throw out the Baby...
This cloud formation today made me think of the saying 'Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater'. #outdoors #nature #a...
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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 2
Raindrops
I went on long walk to the photographic shop today to see what was on offer re weatherproof cameras. On the way I paused and took some abstr...
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Day 77
Embers of Autumn
As New Zealand slips further into winter, these last few firey coloured leaves that I can see as a blur in the wind from my living ro...
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Day 148
Abandoned
All that remains of the Flamingo Club (jazz haunt) from Wellington #fall #afternoon #wood #sunday #color #tree #winter #desktop #decoration...
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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...