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Male Banded Demoiselle

Demoiselles in the Rain

May 28, 2014January 29, 2015 Chris 0 Comments Banded Demoiselle, Canford Magna, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 650D, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, macro, Meadow Plant Bug, Nymph, Tortoise Sheildbug

The last May bank holiday Monday, produced typical bank holiday weather. Overcast and showery, and not as warm as the

Emperor Dragonfly

Emperor and Damsels

May 28, 2014May 28, 2014 Chris 1 Comment Blashford Lakes, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 650D, Common Blue Damselfly, Damselfly, Dragonfly, Emperor, macro

Over the last weekend I visited my local nature reserve at Blashford Lakes over a couple of days, having found

Sawfly Face off - Tenthredo mesomela

High ISO Macros

May 27, 2014May 27, 2014 Chris 0 Comments Beetle, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 650D, Catterpillar, fly, High ISO, macro, Photoshop, Sawfly, Stack

I found myself upping the ISO on some handheld macros on a recent trip to Bentley Woods. The light was

Burnt Tip Orchids

Burnt Tips and Bugs

May 26, 2014 Chris 0 Comments Burnt Tip Orchid, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 650D, Grizzled Skipper, macro, Martin Down, Orchid, Small Blue, Small Copper, Soldier Beetle

There was a spectacular display of Burnt Tip Orchids when I visited Martin Down in mid May. Normally I’ve only

Green-veined White Butterfly

Whites on Blues

May 22, 2014 ChrisA 0 Comments Bluebells, Butterfly, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 650D, Green-veined White, High Wood, macro

Whilst I was at High Wood experimenting with the flash setup, I was lucky enough to find that my brother

Bluebottle

High Wood 100mm

May 22, 2014April 7, 2015 ChrisA 1 Comment Beefly, Bluebottle, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 650D, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, fly, High Wood, macro, Nut Weevil

On the first Bank holiday Monday in May, I took a visit to High Wood near Bradbury rings. I went

Large Red Damselfly eating a Mayfly

Damsel – flies

May 20, 2014 Chris 0 Comments Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 650D, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, Damselfly, fly, Large Red Damselfly, macro

I took my first Damselfly pictures of 2014 at the beginning of May, on a trip to the river bank

Meloe violaceus(4) (Violet Oil Beetle)

BeetleMania

May 16, 2014May 16, 2014 Chris 0 Comments Beetle, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 650D, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, Doc Leaf Beetle, garston wood, High Wood, macro, Meloe Violaceus, Oil Beelte, Pale Tortoise Beetle, White Mill

I saw this beetle apparently a Violet Oil Beetle (Meloe violaceus) for the first ever time at High Wood nr

Herb Robert Landscape

Herb Roberts

May 12, 2014May 12, 2014 Chris 0 Comments Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 650D, Flowers, Herb Robert, macro, White Mill

Herb Roberts are an attractive spring flower, and I normally end up taking photographs of them on the 100mm macro

Solitary Bee on Ramsom

Being Bees

May 8, 2014May 12, 2014 Chris 0 Comments bee, Canon 650D, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, garston wood, macro, Nomanda Bee, Photo, Ramson, Stack, White Mill

Bees and there like are always fun to shoot, this is a selection of some of them taken over the