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Flies and Eyes, oh and Ants!

September 13, 2019 ChrisA 0 Comments ant, aphids, Azure Damselfly, Blashford Lakes, Canon 5d MkIV, Canon MPE-65mm, Common Blue, Damselfly, Dance Fly, Eyes, fly, macro, Nature, Sawfly, Sphegina Fly, Wildlife, YONGNUO YN24EX E TTL Macro Flash

Been a while since I posted, due to other commitments – but now for some catch up posts over the

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You put your right leg in...

May 11th Macro

July 4, 2019 ChrisA 0 Comments Acron Weevil, Beetle, Blashford Lakes, Canon 5d MkIV, Canon MPE-65mm, Damselfly, Lacehopper, macro, Myopa, Nature, Thick-headed Fly, YONGNUO YN24EX E TTL Macro Flash Speedlite

Could not think of a good title for this post – so have named it on the date these were

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Bluebells on Yellow

Bluebells at High Wood

July 3, 2019 ChrisA 0 Comments Blue, Bluebells, blur, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 5d MkIV, Flowers, High Wood, macro, Nature, Venus LAOWA 15mm f/4 Wide Angle 1:1 Macro Lens, Violet Oil Beetle, Wildlife

These bluebells macro images were taken back in April this year, I have had a backlog of photos to process

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Dandelion View

Views of the Small from the River Stour Bank Fields

June 4, 2019June 4, 2019 ChrisA 0 Comments andrena bee, bee, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 5d MkIV, Canon MPE-65mm, Dandelion, Fields, fly, Laowa 15mm f/4 Wide-Angled 1:1 Macro Lens, macro, Nature, Seed Head, Wimborne, YONGNUO YN24EX E TTL Macro Flash

April is the time of year that I head off to the banks of the River Stour near Wimborne, to

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Poles Apart

Magnets & Iron Filings

April 29, 2019 ChrisA 0 Comments Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 5d MkIV, Iron Filings, macro, Magnet, Video

I had a recent play with a traditional looking magnet and some Iron Filings. The filings really zing onto the

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Sepedophilus marshami

Tiny Finds

April 18, 2019 ChrisA 0 Comments Blashford Lakes, Canon 5d MkIV, Canon MPE-65mm, Elongated Springtail, macro, Nature, Rove Beetle, Sepedophilus marshami, Springtail, YONGNUO YN24EX E TTL Macro Flash

I took a visit to Blashford on the 30th of March, equipped with my Canon MPE-65mm 1-5 macro lens in

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Dicyrtoma fusca (8 images at F8) Helicon Focus 7

Springtails and Spider Stacking

March 21, 2019 ChrisA 0 Comments Canon 5d MkIV, Canon MPE-65mm, Dicyrtoma fusca, Dicyrtomina ornata, Elongate-bodied Springtail, Focus Stacking, Globular Springtail, Helicon Focus, macro, Nature, Photoshop, Pogonognathellus flavescens, Pogonognathellus longicornis, Prey, Ramsdown, spider, Stack, Wildlife, YONGNUO YN24EX E TTL Macro Flash

At this time of year in the UK, I find the best place to find wild things to take macro

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Orchesella villosa

Bridges and Fence Posts

March 19, 2019March 19, 2019 ChrisA 0 Comments Beetle, Blashford Lakes, Canon 5d MkIV, Canon MPE-65mm, fly, macro, Nature, spider, Springtail, YONGNUO YN24EX E TTL Macro Flash

This first set of outdoor wildlife macro from 2019 comes from the bridge handles and posts at Blashford Lakes Nature

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The Metal Flower

More Magnetics

March 16, 2019 ChrisA 0 Comments Canon 5d MkIV, Canon MPE-65mm, coloured, Ferrofluid, FerroLiquid, Gels, Iron Filings, macro, YONGNUO YN24EX E TTL Macro Flash Speedlite

I recently had another session shooting macro photos of magnetic substances. This time I again used Ferrofluid – a magnetic

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Snowdrops in the Forest

Snowdrops 2019

February 27, 2019 ChrisA 2 Comments B&W, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 5d MkIV, close up, flower, garston wood, Garston Woods, macro, Nature, Photoshop, post processing, snowdrop, Snowdrops, Topaz Texture Effects, White, Woodland Flower

I took my annual trip to photograph Snowdrops at Garston Wood on the 16th February – which is my kick

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