Using a reflector to boost natural light.
A useful and cheap accessory that can aid in some macro work is a reflector. This can be bought, made
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Copper, Brimstone and Munching Darter.
A visit on Sunday 29th August to the excellent Alners Gorse butterfly conservation reserve in Dorset proved again to be
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Small Heath,Meadow Brown,Blues and Winking Lizards.
On Saturday 28th August I went to see what Stonehill Down (DWT reserve) was like, unfortunately climbing the hill I
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Kilwood Again…
Took another visit to Dorset Wildlife Trust’s Kilwood Nature Reserve on Sunday. Pretty wet weather all day so only got
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Kilwood & Norden
I went to Dorset Wildlife Trust’s Kilwood Nature Reserve (which abuts Norden) on Saturday afternoon. With a stroke of luck
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Cardinal Beetle
A walk around Hod Hill (an old hill fort) on a sweltering May Sunday at the weekend (was about 29
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Roydon Woods
Took a trip on Saturday 17th May 2010 to Roydon Woods in the New Forest, mainly to shoot some landscape
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Bluebells at Garston Wood
A visit on an overcast Saturday to Garston Wood in Dorset, saw the bluebells out in full force. This really
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Canon 100mm F2.8 USM Macro Lens
The Canon 100mm USM F2.8 Macro Lens was the first dedicated macro lens that I purchased, and is still the
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Macro and Lighting
Lighting is as important in Macro-photography as it is in any other type, and as we increase magnification, then controlling
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