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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 17
Sign of Autumn in the Southern Hemisphere
Its always strange to think of March as Autumn even though I have lived down under for 40 years more #aftern...
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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 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 38
Steaming thermal pools in the Park
Free for the public. An incredible find that lends itself to all sorts of artistic photography #morning #lake #land...
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Day 40
One for joy!
After a perfect day in the countryside I stopped by the roadside to catch these rays of low sun only to see a magpie hop away lazily #thu...
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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 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 53
Squally weather
Watching the rain pass with my dog from the car. Eventually we emerged for a walk in the sun! #afternoon #wednesday #tree #fir #may
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Day 59
A first for me
Just arrived in Anchorage Alaska and my first wander led me to reindeer hotdogs! It tasted wonderful. Apparently they are farmed locall...
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Day 66
Copper River
This huge huge river looks like the ocean, but most of the action in the image is caused by a massive dust storm sweeping down the valley...
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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 65
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Day 92
Shooting for the Moon
Sunrise/moonset at Somes Island-double exposure image #morning #evening #landscape #sunday #light #sky #sunset #tower #travel #s...
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Day 95
Obedience
15 dogs on a leash, all attentive and well behaved with no pulling or pushing or unruly racket! #afternoon #dog #wednesday #street #people #...
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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 102
Glassware
Simply playing with my new macro-lens #morning #color #wednesday #reflection #glass #crystal #design #art #party #blur #texture #image #brig...
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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 120
Life is a beach
On the third day of the family holiday at Castlepoint I clambered up onto the reef which separates the lagoon area from the wild open...
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Day 127
Kapiti Island
Patchy silver light played across a moody Cook Strait this afternoon on the way back from a weekend of music #outdoors #nature #afternoo...
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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 160
Old and new Wellington
A double exposure of the harbour now over a glass print of it as taken in early settler days #outdoors #nature #friday #afterno...
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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 178
Blossoms and Birds
Here come the little wax-eyes feeding on the sweet nectar of spring downunder! #morning #outdoors #nature #apple #tuesday #color #t...
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Day 185
Last shreds of winter
Early morning departure for a roadtrip #morning #fall #nature #moody #landscape #wood #black-and-white #dark #tuesday #fog #tree...