Thursley Trio

Here are a trio of macro images from a visit to Thursley Common today.  This was my first visit of 2015 – and the normal large numbers of Black and Common Darters were not present today.   Either it is early for them – or I was not looking in the correct places – although they were my normal go to spots.

On the first path I walked down, I was pleased to find a mating pair of Small Red Damselflies on gorse.

Small Red damselflies mating
Canon EOS 760D (100mm, f/5.6, 1/320 sec, ISO400)
Small Red damselflies mating

Later on I found a resting Common Darter on a small stick over one of the pools.  This image has a subtle Topaz Restyle effect applied to give the background, which was greyish, a more warm tone.

Common Darter
Canon EOS 760D (100mm, f/5.6, 1/400 sec, ISO400)
Common Darter

Finally one of the many Common Lizards that were bathing on the boardwalks.  A photoshop Tilt-shift filter effect has been applied to blur background more.  A tutorial of this can be found in this post.

Common Lizard
Canon EOS 760D (100mm, f/6.3, 1/640 sec, ISO400)
Common Lizard

 

 

Chris

I've been taking macro photography from 2004. I use both Canon film and digital cameras.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *