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Flies, Bugs and Birds

April 29, 2014April 29, 2014 Chris 0 Comments Canon 650D, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, fly, Green Shield Bug, Ladybird, macro

At the start of the insect season it always good to spot things, and early on flies, bugs and ladybirds

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White

April 28, 2014April 29, 2014 Chris 0 Comments Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 650D, Flowers, Garlic, garston wood, macro, Ransom, White

Following on from my recent Yellow post, this on features three macro shots of wild garlic (Ramsom), so this is

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Bluebells

April 27, 2014April 27, 2014 Chris 0 Comments Bluebells, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 650D, High Wood, macro

Bluebells.  Always a good sight to see, and a good subject to for macro and closeup photography.  So when I

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Yellow

April 27, 2014December 20, 2014 Chris 1 Comment Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 650D, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, Crab Spider, flower, High Wood, Hoverfly, macro, Square Diffuser, Topaz Simplify, Yellow

Easter Saturday a trip to High Wood near Bradbury Rings, and the result a set of shots that all feature

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Bees, Dancers and a Moth

April 25, 2014April 27, 2014 Chris 0 Comments Bees, Canon 650D, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, Dance Fly, macro, Moth, Plate diffuser, White Mill

Good Friday – reasonably good weather and a day off.  Time to try out another home made diffuser ( this

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Flowers at Garston Wood

April 14, 2014May 27, 2015 Chris 0 Comments Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 650D, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, Celandine, Flowers, garston wood, macro, Violet, Wood anenome

A warm Sunday April afternoon, and I took at trip to the RSPB Woodland Reserve at Garston Wood.  This is

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Bee Hunting

April 13, 2014December 20, 2014 Chris 0 Comments bee, Canon 650D, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, Doc Leaf Beetle, Eggs, macro, Orange Tip, Poppadom diffuser, Solitary Bee, White Mill

On Saturday went out for the first Macro outdoor shoot of the year, and took a new experimental diffuser setup

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Daffodil Stamen Stacking

April 11, 2014April 27, 2014 Chris 0 Comments Apurture Amaran AL-198C, Canon 650D, Canon MPE-65mm, Daffodil, Focus Stacking, Helicon Focus, macro, Stackshot

I recently had a go at focus stacking the stamen of a Daffodil, using Helicon 6.  I cut half the

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Playing with a new Toy

March 6, 2014April 27, 2014 Chris 0 Comments Canon 1.4 Extender, Canon 650D, Canon MPE-65mm, Cognisys-inc, Cricket, Focus Stacking, focusing rail, Helicon Focus, macro, Stacking, Stackshot, Sugar

Had a play this evening with my new toy.  A Cognisys-inc.com Stackshot extended macro rail. I set up my lightbox

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Bubble and Spice

February 6, 2014April 27, 2014 Chris 2 Comments Apurture Amaran AL-198C, Bubbles, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 650D, macro, Oil, Topaz Adjust, Water

Took some time yesterday evening to have a play with oil, washing up liquid bubbles and water.  Been a while

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