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Mark Crean
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Life. Laughter. Camera. In Oxfordshire. Cake an important fuel. Or sausages.

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Cherwell II, by Lower Heyford in Oxfordshire, after Andreas Gursky’s Rhein II, a copy of which sold for $4.3 million in 2011. Alas, it looks a tad unlikely I’ll find any of that in my Christmas Stocking.

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Cherwell II, by Lower Heyford in Oxfordshire, after Andreas Gursky’s Rhein II, a copy of which sold for $4.3 million in 2011. Alas, it looks a tad unlikely I’ll find any of that in my Christmas Stocking. #LandscapePhotography #Oxfordshire #EastCoastKin
December 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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A beautiful soft end to November in the English countryside. A few honey bees were still on the wing in an orchard and there was a red admiral butterfly on the path. No one else was around. Just the world.

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A beautiful soft end to November in the English countryside. A few honey bees were still on the wing in an orchard and there was a red admiral butterfly on the path. No one else was around. Just the world. #Oxfordshire #LandscapePhotography #EastCoastKin A beautiful soft end to November in the English countryside. A few honey bees were still on the wing in an orchard and there was a red admiral butterfly on the path. No one else was around. Just the world. #Oxfordshire #LandscapePhotography #EastCoastKin A beautiful soft end to November in the English countryside. A few honey bees were still on the wing in an orchard and there was a red admiral butterfly on the path. No one else was around. Just the world. #Oxfordshire #LandscapePhotography #EastCoastKin
November 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Antinous, the lover of the Emperor Hadrian, and alas not very mobile these days, staring in the general direction of a proposed new housing development at Upper Heyford in Oxfordshire that threatens to spoil his view.

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Antinous, the lover of the Emperor Hadrian, and alas not very mobile these days, staring in the general direction of a proposed new housing development at Upper Heyford in Oxfordshire that threatens to spoil his view. #Oxfordshire #RomanEmpire #Photography Antinous, the lover of the Emperor Hadrian, and alas not very mobile these days, staring in the general direction of a proposed new housing development at Upper Heyford in Oxfordshire that threatens to spoil his view. #Oxfordshire #RomanEmpire #Photography
November 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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A bend in the river. The Cherwell at Lower Heyford, and the first time I’ve seen a decent amount of water in it since early spring.

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A bend in the river. The Cherwell at Lower Heyford, and the first time I’ve seen a decent amount of water in it since early spring. #LandscapePhotography #Oxfordshire #Autumn
November 25, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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After 36 hours of rain, wind and thick grey cloud, it’s great to see some sunshine and colour in Blenheim Park this morning.

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After 36 hours of rain, wind and thick grey cloud, it’s great to see some sunshine and colour in Blenheim Park this morning. #LandscapePhotography #Oxfordshire #Autumn
November 23, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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4.15pm. The last of sunset and the trees are bare. It must be winter at last. St Michael’s Street, Oxford.

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4.15pm. The last of sunset and the trees are bare. It must be winter at last. St a Michael’s Street, Oxford. #EastCoastKin #Sunset #WinterLight
November 21, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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The Cherwell watermeadows at Kidlington in Oxfordshire today, now in flood as they are almost every winter. This is about half a mile from the huge new illegal rubbish dump next to the Cherwell that the government don’t want to do anything about.

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The Cherwell watermeadows at Kidlington in Oxfordshire today, now in flood as they are almost every winter. This is about half a mile from the huge new illegal rubbish dump next to the Cherwell that the government don’t want to do anything about. #Oxfordshire #LandscapePhotography #Flytipping
November 19, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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The last of autumn on our walk through Blenheim Park this morning.

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The last of autumn on our walk through Blenheim Park this morning. #LandscapePhotography #Oxfordshire #Autumn
November 9, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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Prayer flags in East Oxford. So much more pleasant than being berated, at least round here, by giant poppies and St George’s Cross on lampposts.

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Prayer flags in East Oxford. So much more pleasant than being berated, at least round here, by giant poppies and St George’s Cross on lampposts. #Oxfordshire #Flags #Buddhism
November 8, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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The last of the apples quietly rotting on the tree as winter begins to fall. Next spring’s buds are already visible. And so the wheel turns. Oxfordshire, 2025.

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The last of the apples quietly rotting on the tree as winter begins to fall. Next spring’s buds are already visible. And so the wheel turns. Oxfordshire, 2025. #Oxfordshire #GardenPhotography #Apples The last of the apples quietly rotting on the tree as winter begins to fall. Next spring’s buds are already visible. And so the wheel turns. Oxfordshire, 2025. #Oxfordshire #GardenPhotography #Apples
November 8, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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Barbu d'Uccle bantam chickens, now a rare breed. They are extremely handsome, I think, particularly the cock birds. Rousham House, November 2025.

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Barbu d'Uccle bantam chickens, now a rare breed. They are extremely handsome, I think, particularly the cock birds. Rousham House, November 2025. #Oxfordshire #BirdPhotography #Chickens Barbu d'Uccle bantam chickens, now a rare breed. They are extremely handsome, I think, particularly the cock birds. Rousham House, November 2025. #Oxfordshire #BirdPhotography #Chickens
November 7, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Sinking light, sinking energy today, as if autumn was done and winter had come. So I thought of darkness and ghosts and gloomy places like Hades, with this statue of Bacchus. Rousham House, Oxfordshire.

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Sinking light, sinking energy today, as if autumn was done and winter had come. So I thought of darkness and ghosts and gloomy places like Hades, with this statue of Bacchus. Rousham House, Oxfordshire. #BlackandWhitePhotography #Oxfordshire #Winter #Hades
November 6, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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The autumn colours in Blenheim Park are still lovely. What an amazing autumn it’s been.

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The autumn colours in Blenheim Park are still lovely. What an amazing autumn it’s been. #Autumn #LandscapePhotography #Oxfordshire #BlenheimPalace The autumn colours in Blenheim Park are still lovely. What an amazing autumn it’s been. #Autumn #LandscapePhotography #Oxfordshire #BlenheimPalace The autumn colours in Blenheim Park are still lovely. What an amazing autumn it’s been. #Autumn #LandscapePhotography #Oxfordshire #BlenheimPalace The autumn colours in Blenheim Park are still lovely. What an amazing autumn it’s been. #Autumn #LandscapePhotography #Oxfordshire #BlenheimPalace
November 5, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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Thought of going along en famille to the Halloween Celebrations at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, then looked at the ticket prices and realised there’d be almost nothing left.

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Thought of going along en famille to the Halloween Celebrations at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, then looked at the ticket prices and realised there’d be almost nothing left. #Photography #Oxfordshire
October 29, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Leaves in a woodland pool. Oxfordshire, October 2025.

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Leaves in a woodland pool. Oxfordshire, October 2025. #Autumn #Photography #Oxfordshire
October 28, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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The Photo Oxford festival has just kicked off with a superb exhibition of Paddy Summerfield’s work in the Weston Library in Broad Street. For the next three weeks there are many other shows and events all over town.

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The Photo Oxford festival has just kicked off with a superb exhibition of Paddy Summerfield’s work in the Weston Library in Broad Street. For the next three weeks there are many other shows and events all over town. #PhotoOxford #Photography #Oxford photooxford.org
October 27, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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Peak autumn in Blenheim Park, Oxfordshire, this morning.

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Peak autumn in Blenheim Park, Oxfordshire, this morning. #Autumn #Oxfordshire #LandscapePhotography Peak autumn in Blenheim Park, Oxfordshire, this morning. #Autumn #Oxfordshire #LandscapePhotography Peak autumn in Blenheim Park, Oxfordshire, this morning. #Autumn #Oxfordshire #LandscapePhotography Peak autumn in Blenheim Park, Oxfordshire, this morning. #Autumn #Oxfordshire #LandscapePhotography
October 26, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Blenheim Park’s famous corn-fed sheep.

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Blenheim Park’s famous corn-fed sheep. #Sheep #Corn #Oxfordshire
October 26, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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A local wander to enjoy the autumn in Oxfordshire. It’s been an amazing year for windfall apples and fruit of all kinds.
A local wander to enjoy the autumn in Oxfordshire. It’s been an amazing year for windfall apples and fruit of all kinds. A local wander to enjoy the autumn in Oxfordshire. It’s been an amazing year for windfall apples and fruit of all kinds. A local wander to enjoy the autumn in Oxfordshire. It’s been an amazing year for windfall apples and fruit of all kinds. A local wander to enjoy the autumn in Oxfordshire. It’s been an amazing year for windfall apples and fruit of all kinds.
October 22, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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In Swanage, Dorset. There is none finer. We always head straight here on our first evening in town.

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In Swanage, Dorset. There is none finer. We always head straight here on our first evening in town. #Swanage #Dorset #FishandChips
October 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Autumn on Brownsea Island, Poole Harbour.

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Autumn on Brownsea Island, Poole Harbour. #Autumn #Dorset #LandscapePhotography Autumn on Brownsea Island, Poole Harbour. #Autumn #Dorset #LandscapePhotography Autumn on Brownsea Island, Poole Harbour. #Autumn #Dorset #LandscapePhotography Autumn on Brownsea Island, Poole Harbour. #Autumn #Dorset #LandscapePhotography
October 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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By the chain ferry at Sandbanks. Just a few more miles and we’ll be on the Isle of Purbeck for the first time in six months.

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By the chain ferry at Sandbanks. Just a few more miles and we’ll be on the Isle of Purbeck for the first time in six months. #EastCoastKin #TravelPhotography #Dorset
October 16, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Just a few of this year’s bumper crop of chillis. We’ve several plants of different kinds. Fortunately plenty of relatives like them too or otherwise we’d be taking massive heat all winter.

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October 10, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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Autumn ticks along at Rousham House in Oxfordshire.

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Autumn ticks along at Rousham House in Oxfordshire. #GardenPhotography #Autumn Autumn ticks along at Rousham House in Oxfordshire. #GardenPhotography #Autumn Autumn ticks along at Rousham House in Oxfordshire. #GardenPhotography #Autumn Autumn ticks along at Rousham House in Oxfordshire. #GardenPhotography #Autumn
October 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Autumn arriving in Blenheim Park this morning. Always fun to walk around and a good excuse to coffee-up in Woodstock first.

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Autumn arriving in Blenheim Park this morning. #LandscapePhotography #BlenheimPalace #Oxfordshire Autumn arriving in Blenheim Park this morning. #LandscapePhotography #BlenheimPalace #Oxfordshire Autumn arriving in Blenheim Park this morning. #LandscapePhotography #BlenheimPalace #Oxfordshire Autumn arriving in Blenheim Park this morning. #LandscapePhotography #BlenheimPalace #Oxfordshire
October 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM