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Solitary Bee cleaning off pollen

Bees, Dancers and a Moth

April 25, 2014April 27, 2014 Chris 0 Comments Bees, Canon 650D, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, Dance Fly, macro, Moth, Plate diffuser, White Mill

Good Friday – reasonably good weather and a day off. Time to try out another home made diffuser ( this

Flowers in the Wood

Flowers at Garston Wood

April 14, 2014May 27, 2015 Chris 0 Comments Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 650D, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, Celandine, Flowers, garston wood, macro, Violet, Wood anenome

A warm Sunday April afternoon, and I took at trip to the RSPB Woodland Reserve at Garston Wood. This is

Solitary Mining Bee with Blue Sky

Bee Hunting

April 13, 2014December 20, 2014 Chris 0 Comments bee, Canon 650D, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, Doc Leaf Beetle, Eggs, macro, Orange Tip, Poppadom diffuser, Solitary Bee, White Mill

On Saturday went out for the first Macro outdoor shoot of the year, and took a new experimental diffuser setup

Daffodil Stamen 97 Image Stack

Daffodil Stamen Stacking

April 11, 2014April 27, 2014 Chris 0 Comments Apurture Amaran AL-198C, Canon 650D, Canon MPE-65mm, Daffodil, Focus Stacking, Helicon Focus, macro, Stackshot

I recently had a go at focus stacking the stamen of a Daffodil, using Helicon 6. I cut half the

Sugar at 4.2x Magnification

Playing with a new Toy

March 6, 2014April 27, 2014 Chris 0 Comments Canon 1.4 Extender, Canon 650D, Canon MPE-65mm, Cognisys-inc, Cricket, Focus Stacking, focusing rail, Helicon Focus, macro, Stacking, Stackshot, Sugar

Had a play this evening with my new toy. A Cognisys-inc.com Stackshot extended macro rail. I set up my lightbox

Bubble&Spice(1)

Shots Technique

Bubble and Spice

February 6, 2014April 27, 2014 Chris 2 Comments Apurture Amaran AL-198C, Bubbles, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 650D, macro, Oil, Topaz Adjust, Water

Took some time yesterday evening to have a play with oil, washing up liquid bubbles and water. Been a while

King Blobbinal on the Empire State

King Blobbinal!

January 5, 2014April 27, 2014 Chris 0 Comments Apurture Amaran AL-198C, Canon 17-40mm USM L, Canon 650D, close up, macro, Model Figures

Today I took a close up shot of some toy figures. Not true macro photography, but fun none the less!

Chalkhill blue on Thistle flower

Chalkhill Blues

November 3, 2013November 15, 2013 Chris 0 Comments Broadcroft Quarry, Butterfly, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 650D, Chalkhill Blue, macro, Photo

Chalkhill Blue Butterflies are a great reason to visit Broadcroft Quarry on the Isle of Portland. This is what I

Large White(2)

Late August Butterflies

September 29, 2013September 29, 2013 Chris 0 Comments Alners Gorse, Butterflies, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 650D, Large White, macro, Peacock, Small Copper, Small Tortoiseshell

The butterflies in the post, which I’ve just got round to processing, were taken at the end of August at

Female Emerald Damselfly.

Kilwood and Blue Poole

September 14, 2013April 27, 2014 Chris 0 Comments Blue Pool, Butterflies, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 650D, Common Blue, Damselfly, emerald damselfly, Green-veined White, Kilwood, macro, photography

On a showery ( sharp they were described on the radio) Sunday afternoon (8th Sept) I took a visit to