Bees, Butterfly & Flies Up Close
Over the Easter break I visited White Mill a few times to shoot with my Canon MPE-65mm Macro lens, mainly aiming to shoot Bees and Flies up close with my new diffusion setup. I had spotted several Solitary Bees on the previous visit and was hoping to get up close…
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New Forest Fungi
Posted on October 27, 2011 | No CommentsThe following fungi shots were all taken in the New Forest in October this year. As the month was fairly warm and dry ( in fact the hottest week of the year occurred at the start of the month), there were not so many good specimens about as there are... -
The Mad Axeman of the Forest
Posted on October 6, 2011 | No CommentsHad a little bit of fun with an old metal figurine – Gimili, I think from an old Lord of the Rings set. Painted years ago, but now resurrected in the New Forest…. Seen some of these done, so when out taking some fungi – I also used the axeman... -
New Forest Fungi
Posted on October 3, 2011 | No CommentsOn an unseasonally hot first weekend in October, which apparently was the hottest week in the year and day (Saturday), took a couple of trips to the New Forest. The two locations visited in the two days were Fritham and Bolderwood. The fungi seems to of been early this year... -
Dragons and Lizards
Posted on September 29, 2011 | No CommentsTook a second visit to Thursley, after gaining some information on where to go from some kind people on UKDragonflies.com forum, and going round the boardwalks made a big difference. Arriving around mid-day the boardwalks were full of lizards bathing on them, which allowed me to get up close to... -
Migrant Hawkers at Ramsdown
Posted on September 19, 2011 | No CommentsA visit to Ramsdown in the afternoon to look for Darters & Migrant Hawkers on the 4th September, proved unsuccessful for darters – they just would not pose, but I did manage to find some obliging Migrant Hawkers on the path near the A338 from the pond. Before I discovered... -
Norden Dragon Hunt and an Admiral
Posted on September 15, 2011 | No CommentsTook another visit to Kilwood and Norden on the August bank holiday weekend. My aim was to try and see and hopefully take some shots of a male black darter for the first time. Having taken a female one last year I knew that there was a reasonable chance of... -
Higher Hyde Heath
Posted on September 5, 2011 | No CommentsWent with both my Canon 50D and my IR converted 20D to Higher Hyde Heath in Dorset (A DWT Reserve), primarily to hunt some dragonflies. The place is also good for fungi, which I note are coming up already, and it was in fact these subjects that I took first... -
Thursley a first visit.
Posted on September 4, 2011 | No CommentsThursley Common in Surrey, is reputed to be the location for the most diverse species dragonflies in the UK. Being in the area on Sunday, I decided to pay a first visit in the hope of seeing some. I parked up near the village – I now know it may... -
Dragons at Kilwood & Norden.
Posted on August 21, 2011 | No CommentsVisited Killwood and Norden on Tuesday the 10th August on a day off, which was going to be in London until the riots affected the trip. However a trip to this DWT reserve & HPT (Norden) reserve was a good visit, with a co-operative keeled skimmer giving the chance to... -
Portland Butterflies
Posted on August 12, 2011 | No CommentsTook a visit on Sunday to Broadcroft Quarry – with a view to attempting to take some Chalkhill blues. This time last year they were out there in abundance, so was hopeful of a good showing. There were plenty about but it was also extremely windy, making capturing them a...