**Mary**'s photostream  

I'm a retired primary school teacher. Photography is just one of my hobbies. We travel a lot and I always have my cameras on hand.

I started playing around with photography at a young age using a Brownie Instamatic. I've been hooked on photography ever since. Since then I've come a long way and it's been a wonderful journey of learning. I have used a Canon AE1, now a Minolta Maxim si 35mm, a Pentax Optio digital and a Nikon D300 is my latest acquisition. And as I read in someone else's profile, my head is definitely in the manual.

I love lots of things, family, being with friends, great food, great wine, baking, shopping, especially for shoes (heh,I'm female), travelling, gardening, being by the water and nature, especially flowers, photography.

With Flickr the journey with my camera has become even more exciting. I've discovered macro work and am constantly learning to improve with the help of all my Flickr friends. My favourite is floral macro and I must confess I'm addicted to it.

Some of my sets are of places I've visited and I'd love you to join me on my travels and see some of the world through my photos.

Please feel free to browse through my photos and offer constructive criticism. This is how I can learn and improve.

If you favourite my images and you have no name, profile or photos of your own, it raises my suspicions and I will block you. Many Flickr members have their photos stolen or used without permission. If you aren't interested in participating in Flickr, then don't collect my photos in your favourites.
Also I have many contacts - I try to leave comments as often as I can, but please don't be offended if I happen to miss you.It is certainly not meant to be intentional.

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