Ramsdown – Dragons, damsels and streaks.

Visited Ramsdown (HCT) site near Hurn today.   Weather was nicely sunny and on a walk round with my Canon 100mm macro lens I managed to get some shots of firstly a Green Hair Streak butterfly, before it showed me why it got it’s name in the third shot.  All shots used flash from my Canon Twin Macro flash in ETTL mode.

Canon EOS 50D (100mm, f/8, 1/250 sec, ISO100)

Green Hair Streak (Callophrys rubi) on Heather – ISO 100 F8 with flash.

Canon EOS 50D (100mm, f/8, 1/250 sec, ISO100)

The same Green Hair Streak (Callophrys rubi) on Heather again – ISO 100 F8 with flash.

Canon EOS 50D (100mm, f/5.6, 1/250 sec, ISO100)

It streaking off!  ISO 100 F8 with flash…too slow I feel for it!

I also came across this nice Scarce chaser- (Libellula fulva)  that I managed to get basking in the sun on a couple of it’s favourite resting spots.

Canon EOS 50D (100mm, f/8, 1/250 sec, ISO100)

The Scarce chaser(Libellula fulva) basking in the sun…ISO 100 F8 with flash.

Canon EOS 50D (100mm, f/8, 1/250 sec, ISO100)

The Scarce chaser(Libellula fulva) basking in the sun on the same spot…ISO 100 F8 with flash.

Canon EOS 50D (100mm, f/8, 1/250 sec, ISO100)

The Scarce chaser(Libellula fulva) front on in a different spot…ISO 100 F8 with flash

Lasly I came across a red narrow winged damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula).

Canon EOS 50D (100mm, f/5.6, 1/250 sec, ISO400)

Taken at F5.6 at ISO 400 with flash.

Map of Location.

I normally park here to walk in to the HCT Nature reserve.