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Black-tailed Skimmer Face Portrait ( 3 images stacked )

Dragon and Damselfly Face Shots

July 10, 2017 ChrisA 0 Comments Black-tailed Skimmer, Blashford Lakes, Canon 5d MkIV, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, Damselfly, Dragonfly, Keeled Skimmer, macro, Nature, Photos, Stack, Wildlife

Continuing on from the early May Damselfly portraits, I was fortunate enough to find some more co-operative damselflies and some

Brown Hawker Wide Angle Macro

Equipment Shots

First use of the Venus Laowa 15mm F4 Wide Angle Macro Lens

August 18, 2016August 18, 2016 ChrisA 0 Comments Black Darter, Brown Hawker, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 760D, Gorse, Heather, Keeled Skimmer, Lizard, macro, Nature, Thursley, Venus LAOWA 15mm f/4 Wide Angle 1:1 Macro Lens

I visited Thursley common on Sunday. The weather was nice and warm, and I had with me a new lens

Female Keeled Skimmer - 2015

A Blast from the Past

January 10, 2015January 10, 2015 ChrisA 0 Comments Canon 50D, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, Keeled Skimmer, macro, Stack, viveza

I decided to pull one of my favourite images from 2009 and it a 2015 makeover to see if it

3 Shot Stack of Keeled Skimmer

Beaulieu Heath

July 20, 2014 Chris 0 Comments Beaulieau Heath, Butterflies, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 650D, Crockford Stream, Grasshopper, Grayling, Keeled Skimmer, macro, New Forest, Silver-studded Blue

Beaulieu Heath in the New Forest is a good location for dragonflies and heathland wildlife in the summer. I took

Keeled Skimmer (Small Crop)

Crockford Stream

July 1, 2014July 2, 2014 Chris 0 Comments Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 650D, Crockford Stream, Dragonfly, Emperor, Keeled Skimmer, macro, New Forest

Crockford Stream is reportedly one of the most diverse Dragonfly locations in the UK. Full information about the site and

Look into my eyes (Scarce Chaser)

There be Dragons

June 23, 2014 Chris 0 Comments Butterfly, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 650D, Damselfly, Dragonfly, Emperor, Keeled Skimmer, Large Red Damselfly, Large Skipper, macro, Ramsdown, Scarce Chaser, Slop Bog

A mid week visit to Slop Bog and Ramsdown nature reserves, on a hot and sunny day – perfect to

Large Skipper - slight crop

Hot Day at Pingall

July 15, 2013July 26, 2013 Chris 0 Comments Ants, Beetle, Butterfly, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 650D, Dragonfly, Fairy-ring Longhorn Beetle, Keeled Skimmer, Large Skipper, macro, New Forest, Pignal Inclosure, Toad

On a scorching hot Sunday the 7th July I went to Pignal Inclosure in the New Forest in the hope

Keeled Skimmer with Butterfly Prey

Butterfly Robbery by Dragonfly!

July 23, 2012July 23, 2012 Chris 0 Comments Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 50D, Canon MPE-65mm, Dragonfly, Higher Hyde Heath, Keeled Skimmer, macro

On the 1st July, I visited Higher Hyde Heath again to see what was around, mainly on the damselfly front,

Stack of 4 shots of Keeled Skimmer (Female) head - Orthetrum coerulescens (2x Mag)

Dragons at Kilwood & Norden.

August 21, 2011July 13, 2012 Chris 0 Comments Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 50D, Canon MPE-65mm, Dorset Wildlife Trust, Dragonfly, fly, Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Grayling, Hornet Robberfly, Keeled Skimmer, Kilwood, macro, Norden, Stack

Visited Killwood and Norden on Tuesday the 10th August on a day off, which was going to be in London