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Glittery Blue

Damsels and Dragons

August 4, 2018 ChrisA 0 Comments Blashford, Blashford Lakes, Canon 5d MkIV, Canon MPE-65mm, Common Blue Damselfly, Damselfly, Dragonfly, Golden-ringed Dragonfly, macro, Nature, YONGNUO YN24EX E TTL Macro Flash Speedlite

Due to the hot weather and my lack of time to go out early this year – I have not

Picture Eyes

More Laowa 60mm Macro

July 27, 2018 ChrisA 0 Comments bee, Blashford Lakes, Canon 5d MkIV, Laowa 60mm 2:1 macro lens, macro, Nature, picture wing fly, spider, YONGNUO YN24EX E TTL Macro Flash

Following on from my previous post about the Laowa 60mm Macro lens. Here is a cropped shot of the small

Cricket

Equipment Shots

Laowa 2:1 Macro Lens

July 26, 2018 ChrisA 0 Comments aphids, Black Snipe Fly, Canon 5d MkIV, Common Blue Damselfly, Cricket, Damselfly, fly, Laowa 60mm 2:1 macro lens, macro, Nature, Wasp Beetle, Wildlife, yellow-legged robber fly, YONGNUO YN24EX E TTL Macro Flash Speedlite

I purchased an ex demo Laowa 2:1 Macro Lens to allow me to shoot high magnification macro images whilst my

Looking up at the fight

End of May and Canon MPE-65mm ?

July 8, 2018July 8, 2018 ChrisA 0 Comments Beautiful Demoiselle, Beetle, Blashford Lakes, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 5d MkIV, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, Damselfly, Dock Bug, Earwig, Figwort Weevil, Hopper, macro, Nature, Sawfly larvae

These photographs come from the final weekend of May 2018. They are also the last images taken on my Canon

It's Mine!

Munch Bunch

July 1, 2018 ChrisA 0 Comments Aphid, Beetle, Blashford Lakes, Canon 5d MkIV, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, Dock Leaf Beetle, Jumping Spider, Ladybird Larvae, macro, Nature, Red Ants

Who would be an Aphid ? Farmed by ants and eaten by many! Let alone sprayed by gardeners. Even small

Bathing in the Sun

Flowers and Bugs

June 30, 2018 ChrisA 0 Comments Bicellaria vana, Blashford Lakes, Canon 5d MkIV, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, daisy, Dance Fly, Flowers, fly, Hoverfly, macro, Speckled Bush-cricket, Topaz

Here’s a selection of macro photos I took on the 20th May this year. First the flowers – a couple

Dock Leaf Beetle

Beetles, Butterfly and a Wave

June 21, 2018 ChrisA 0 Comments Beetle, Blashford Lakes, Butterfly, Canon 5d MkIV, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, Click Beetle, Dock Leaf Beetle, macro, Sawfly, Small Copper

These photos are from the 19th May – from an afternoon visit to Blashford Lakes Nature Reserve. As the title

Bee Buttercup Rest

Wide Variety From White Mill

June 20, 2018 ChrisA 0 Comments Butterfly, caddis fly, Caddisfly, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, Common Yellow Dungfly, flower, fly, Green-veined White, macro, Mayfly, Orange Tip, Peacock, Stack, White Mill

As I catch up further on a fairly large backlog of macro photos, here is a fairly image heavy post

Crab Spider on Bluebell ( Green background )

Shots Technique

Further Background Experiments.

May 29, 2018 ChrisA 0 Comments Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 5d MkIV, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, Flowers, High Wood, macro, Nature, spider

Following on from my first experiment with using glitter card as a background for macro shots, I took them out

Chrysolina polita on gold glitter card

From the Riverside

May 28, 2018May 29, 2018 ChrisA 0 Comments bee, Beetle, Canon 5d MkIV, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, macro, spider, White Mill

These shots were taken on the 5th May this year, on a trip to the river banks at near White