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Pair of Common Blues
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Martin Down

October 4, 2019October 2, 2019 ChrisA 0 Comments Butterfly, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 5d MkIV, Common Blue, Dropwort, flower, macro, Martin Down, Nature, Spotted Orchid, Wildlife

A summers day walk amongst the chalk grasslands of Martins Down, was a good opportunity to take some marco photos

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Speckled Wood Butterfly on Nettles
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Early August

October 21, 2018 ChrisA 0 Comments Beetle, Black Darter, Blashford Lakes, Brimstone, Butterfly, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 5d MkIV, Canon MPE-65mm, Christchurch Common, Chrysoline oricalcia, Common Darter, Dragonfly, Heathland, macro, Speckled Wood, weevil, YONGNUO YN24EX E TTL Macro Flash

I have been a bit busy with work and other stuff, that I have not managed to find time until

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Skipper on brambles
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Blashford Lakes July Macro Mix

August 6, 2018 ChrisA 0 Comments Blashford Lakes, Bug, Butterfly, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 5d MkIV, Canon MPE-65mm, Catterpillar, Common Blue Damselfly, Damselfly, Dragonfly, Emporer, fly, macro, Nature, Plant Bug, Scorpion Fly, Skipper, Small Copper, spider

I visit Blashford Lakes quite a lot for taking macro images, and July this year was no exception.  Rather than

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Dock Leaf Beetle
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Beetles, Butterfly and a Wave

June 21, 2018 ChrisA 0 Comments Beetle, Blashford Lakes, Butterfly, Canon 5d MkIV, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, Click Beetle, Dock Leaf Beetle, macro, Sawfly, Small Copper

These photos are from the 19th May – from an afternoon visit to Blashford Lakes Nature Reserve. As the title

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Bee Buttercup Rest
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Wide Variety From White Mill

June 20, 2018 ChrisA 0 Comments Butterfly, caddis fly, Caddisfly, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, Common Yellow Dungfly, flower, fly, Green-veined White, macro, Mayfly, Orange Tip, Peacock, Stack, White Mill

As I catch up further on a fairly large backlog of macro photos, here is a fairly image heavy post

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Black Darter on Heather
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Macro shooting at Town Common

September 29, 2017 ChrisA 0 Comments Black Darter, Bog Bush Cricket, Butterfly, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Christchurch Common, Dragonfly, Gatekeeper, Heather, Laowa 15mm f/4 Wide-Angled 1:1 Macro Lens, macro, Small Red Damselfly, spider, St Catherine's Hill, Summer, Topaz Texture Effects, Town Common, Wasp Spider

I spent several days hunting insects at Town Common – Christchurch in August.  So for something different in this post

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Ant with Leaf
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May Macro Assortments

May 28, 2017 ChrisA 0 Comments ant, Beetles, Blashford Lakes, Butterfly, Canon 5d MkIV, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, cardinal beetle, Crab Spider, fly, Hampshire, Insects, macro, Nettle Weevil, Nut Weevil, Red Admiral, Scorpion Fly, Soldier Beetle, Solitary B, Solitary Bee, Speckled Bush-cricket, United Kingdom, weevil

I am a little behind in posting up some of my recent macro photos, mainly as the season for insect

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Comma
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First Butterflies of 2017

April 24, 2017 ChrisA 0 Comments Brimstone, Butterfly, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 5d MkIV, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, comma, macro, White Mill

Here is a short photo post of the first 3 butterfly shots of 2017 that I took this weekend.  These

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Common Darter - Taken on Canon 500mm F4
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Rode VideoMic Pro Second Try Out

September 25, 2016 ChrisA 0 Comments Blashford Lakes, Butterfly, Canon 500mm F4 IS mk II, Canon 760D, Common Darter, Dragonfly, Red Admiral, Rode V, Video

Spent another day out videoing on my 500mm Lens to try the RODE VideoMic Pro out with newly learnt manual

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Four-spotted Chaser
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300mm Closeups at Dunyeats Heath

July 21, 2016 ChrisA 0 Comments Butterfly, Canon 300mm F4, Canon 760D, close up, Damselfly, Dragonfly, Dunyeats Heath, Emporer, Four spotted chaser, in flight, macro, Mating, Monopod, Skipper

The Canon 300mm F4 – has a macro setting.  It is not true macro ( i.e 1:1 scale) but can

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