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Dunyeats Heath and Canford Magna visit.

August 31, 2014January 29, 2015 Chris 1 Comment Canford Magna, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 650D, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, Damselfly, Dunyeats Heath, emerald damselfly, fly, Green Sheild Bug, macro, Speckled Bush-cricket, spider, Wasp Spider, Wolf Spider

On the Sunday of the August Bank holiday weekend the macro shooting venues were Dunyeats Heath Nature Reserve, and Canford Magna river path. They are nice and close to each other and have the added benefit on Bank Holiday weekends of being nice and nearby – thereby negating the bank holiday traffic jams.

Dunyeats Heath, is a small heathland reserves on the edge of Wimborne. It has a pool that this year has been good to hunt around for Odenta. On this visit the weather was not to warm, and the only odenta that I managed to photograph was a male Emerald Damselfy.

Emerald Damselfly. Taken on Canon 650D with Canon MPE-65mm Lens. ISO 1600 F11 1/200. Flash from Canon MTE-24ex Macro Lens. Cream Slice Diffusers.

However it did have a nice selection of Spiders to take – firstly a wolf in the gorse.

Wolf Spider on Gorse. Taken on Canon 650D with Canon MPE-65mm Lens. ISO 200 F11 1/200. Flash from Canon MTE-24ex Macro Lens. Cream Slice Diffusers.

Then this nicely coloured Wasp Spider on its web.

Wasp spider in web and prey. Taken on Canon 650D with Canon 100mm F2.8 USM Macro Lens. ISO 400 F8 1/160. Natural Light.

And the final arachnid, handing on a bit of grass on its web.

Spider on grass. Green shield and web. Taken on Canon 650D with Canon MPE-65mm Lens. ISO 400 F11 1/200. Flash from Canon MTE-24ex Macro Lens. Cream Slice Diffusers.

Having not see many dragon or damselflies, I decided to move on to the nearby river walk near Canford School, in the hope – vain as it turned out of finding some there.

Not that the walk there proved fruitless, first a picture of two Balsam flowers. There was lots of this invasive weed along the river Stour’s banks on this stretch.