Blashford Lakes July Macro Mix

I visit Blashford Lakes quite a lot for taking macro images, and July this year was no exception.  Rather than post individually, as I am catching up on a backlog of macro photos that I have taken, I have decided to put all of July’s images into one big picture post.

First the extreme macro photo’s taken on my Canon MPE-65mm 1-5x macro lens.

Speckled Bush Cricket
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV (65mm, f/11, 1/200 sec, ISO250)
Speckled Bush Cricket
Farting Fly
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV (65mm, f/11, 1/200 sec, ISO250)
Farting Fly
The Sentifly
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV (65mm, f/11, 1/200 sec, ISO250)
The Sentifly
Plant bug in grass seed head
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV (65mm, f/11, 1/200 sec, ISO250)
Plant bug in grass seed head
Plant bug on grass stem
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV (65mm, f/11, 1/200 sec, ISO250)
Plant bug on grass stem
Male Scorpion Fly
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV (65mm, f/11, 1/200 sec, ISO250)
Male Scorpion Fly
Split Antennae
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV (65mm, f/11, 1/200 sec, ISO250)
Split Antennae
Skipper on brambles
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV (65mm, f/11, 1/200 sec, ISO400)
Skipper on brambles
Skipper
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV (65mm, f/11, 1/200 sec, ISO250)
Skipper
Spider with a parasite on it's body
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV (65mm, f/11, 1/200 sec, ISO250)
Spider with a parasite on it’s body
Spikey Monster Munching
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV (65mm, f/11, 1/200 sec, ISO250)
Spikey Monster Munching
Eating the nettles
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV (100mm, f/11, 1/200 sec, ISO250)
Eating the nettles
Hopper on the bridge
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV (65mm, f/11, 1/200 sec, ISO250)
Hopper on the bridge
Leafhopper on bridge
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV (65mm, f/11, 1/200 sec, ISO250)
Leafhopper on bridge
Dungfly resting
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV (65mm, f/11, 1/200 sec, ISO200)
Dungfly resting

Then some from my Canon 100mm F2.8 macro lens.

Damselfly in the grasses
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV (100mm, f/6.3, 1/1600 sec, ISO640)
Damselfly in the grasses
Small Copper Butterfly nectaring
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV (100mm, f/8, 1/800 sec, ISO640)
Small Copper Butterfly nectaring
Small Copper Butterfly nectaring (2)
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV (100mm, f/8, 1/800 sec, ISO640)
Small Copper Butterfly nectaring (2)
Small Copper Butterfly nectaring (3)
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV (100mm, f/8, 1/800 sec, ISO640)
Small Copper Butterfly nectaring (3)

And finally – not really macro photo’s but some dragonfly in flight shots ( so they are at least insects! ) taken on a Canon 100-400mm F4 zoom lens.

Dragonfly in flight
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV (400mm, f/8, 1/6400 sec, ISO1600)
Dragonfly in flight
Emperor dragonfly in flight
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV (560mm, f/8, 1/4000 sec, ISO1600)
Emperor dragonfly in flight
Flying away
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV (560mm, f/8, 1/5000 sec, ISO1600)
Flying away

All images taken on a Canon 5D mark IV camera.

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