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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

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

Garston Woods Insects

May 7, 2014February 20, 2015 Chris 0 Comments Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, Garston Woods, Insects, macro

These insect macros were taken over the early May bank holiday at Garston Woods. I took these shots all on

Nut Beetle on Bluebells (1)

The Weevil is Nuts

May 6, 2014 Chris 1 Comment Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, card, macro, Nut Weevil

The Weevil is a Nut Weevil… I finally got round to looking the ID up, previously I just called it

Pterostichus melanarius beetle at 2x Magnification.

Stackshotting a Beetle

May 1, 2014May 1, 2014 Chris 2 Comments Beetle, Canon 650D, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, Helicon Focus, macro, Stackshot

Had a go with my Stackshot tonight, having got a helping hand to help hold the subject and background in

Fly

Flies, Bugs and Birds

April 29, 2014April 29, 2014 Chris 0 Comments Canon 650D, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, fly, Green Shield Bug, Ladybird, macro

At the start of the insect season it always good to spot things, and early on flies, bugs and ladybirds

Crab Spider in Dandelion

Yellow

April 27, 2014December 20, 2014 Chris 1 Comment Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 650D, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, Crab Spider, flower, High Wood, Hoverfly, macro, Square Diffuser, Topaz Simplify, Yellow

Easter Saturday a trip to High Wood near Bradbury Rings, and the result a set of shots that all feature

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

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