Macro-Photo.co.uk – Page 42 – Macro Photography Technique and Photos

Gatekeeper - Pyronia tithonus - Closeup

Kilwood & Norden

August 19, 2010September 14, 2013 Chris 0 Comments Butterfly, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon MPE-65mm, Common Blue, Damselfly, Dorset Wildlife Trust, Dragonfly, Kilwood, macro, Norton, Polyommatus icarus

I went to Dorset Wildlife Trust’s Kilwood Nature Reserve (which abuts Norden) on Saturday afternoon. With a stroke of luck

Libellula fulva - Scarce Chaser (Female) basking in sun

June visit to Hurn Reserves

August 12, 2010October 11, 2010 Chris 0 Comments Butterfly, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon MPE-65mm, Dragonfly, Scarce Chaser, spider

I’ve had these macro photographs taken at Ramsdown and Sopley common from June, waiting for me to get round to

Macrophotography: Learning from a Master – Gilles Martin & Ronan Loaec

August 5, 2010August 5, 2010 Chris 0 Comments Macrophotography Learning from a Master

I’ve recently managed to buy (through an Amazon Market Place store) a second hand copy of this excellent macro book

Common Blue - Polyommatus icarus

Lankham Bottom

August 3, 2010October 2, 2010 Chris 0 Comments Butterfly, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon MPE-65mm, Common Blue, Grasshopper, Lankham Bottom, Small Copper, Small White

I had a good day shooting some butterflies on Saturday at the Butterfly Conservation reserve at Lankham Bottom, nr Cattistock

Small Skipper - Thymelicus sylvestris

Alners Gorse

July 26, 2010August 4, 2011 Chris 2 Comments Alners Gorse, Butterflies, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon MPE-65mm, Marbled White, Ringlet, Small Skipper

I had the pleasure of visiting Alners Gorse – a Butterfly Conservation Reserve in Dorset on Saturday. It was my

Large Skipper - Ochlodes faunus - taken at Kilwood

Kilwood Reserve

June 29, 2010August 19, 2010 Chris 0 Comments Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Dorset Wildlife Trust, HCT, Kilwood, Large Skipper, Ochlodes faunus

Visited the Dorset Wildlife Trusts Kilwood Reserve on the Saturday before England’s debacle against Germany in the World Cup. How

Cordulegaster boltonii - Golden-ringed Dragonfly Eyes

Into the Eyes of a Dragon.

June 22, 2010September 19, 2011 Chris 0 Comments Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon MPE-65mm, Dragonfly, Eye, Ramsdown

On Saturday I took another visit to Ramsdown, near Hurn in Bournemouth. The day was not too warm and there

Small Elephant Hawk Moth - Deilephila porcellus

Martin Down – There be Elephants

June 18, 2010September 8, 2010 Chris 0 Comments Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Martin Down, Small Elephant Hawk Moth, Wild Rose

A visit to Martin Down a Natural England NNR on Sunday, and I spotted another large moth in the Grass.

Green Hair Streak - Callophrys rubi

Ramsdown – Dragons, damsels and streaks.

June 12, 2010December 6, 2010 Chris 0 Comments Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Damselfly, Dragonfly, Green Hair Streak, Ramsdown, Scarce Chaser

Visited Ramsdown (HCT) site near Hurn today. Weather was nicely sunny and on a walk round with my Canon 100mm

Fox Moth head - Macrothylacia rubi.

Butterflies and Moths at Troublefield

June 8, 2010June 29, 2010 Chris 0 Comments Butterfly, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon MPE-65mm, Common Blue, Dorset Wildlife Trust, Fox Moth, Moth, Shield Bug, Small White, Tortoise Bug, Troublefield

I visited Troublefield a nearby Dorset Wildlife Trust Reserve on Sunday afternoon. This is a tiny reserve not too much