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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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Dragonflies from Dunyeats Heath

July 19, 2017 ChrisA 0 Comments Canon 100-400mm Mk II, Canon 300mm F4, Canon 5d MkIV, close up, Dragonfly, Dunyeats Heath, Four spotted chaser, macro, Nature, Video

I took a visit to a local pond and heathland at Dunyeats Heath, to scout out how the dragonflies were

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Star Wars

February 24, 2017 ChrisA 0 Comments Canon 580ex Speedlight, Canon 760D, close up, Fun, Indoor, macro, Star Wars, Studio, Toy Photography

Over the early part of January, I set up a small studio where I could play indoors.  And finding some

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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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Mating Common Darters

September 30, 2015 ChrisA 0 Comments Canon 1.4 Extender, Canon 300mm F4, Canon 760D, close up, Common Darter, Far Ings, Helicon Focus, Insect, Lincolnshire, Mating, Stack, Topaz Detail, Wildlife

This composite image of a pair of  Mating Common Darters is taken on a 300mm F4 lens with a 1.4x

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Sopley Selection

August 16, 2015 Chris 0 Comments Butterfly, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 760D, close up, Dorset Wildlife Trust, Gatekeeper, Grasshopper, Helicon Focus, macro, Manfrotto Befree Tripod, Natural Light, Rhododendron Leafhopper, Small Blue, Small Copper, Sopley Common, Stack, Veneer Moth

This selection of macro shots were taken at Dorset Wildlife Trusts Sopley Common Nature Reserve.  This is a heathland reserve. 

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100-400mm mkII Close Ups by Gordon Zammit

August 15, 2015 ChrisA 0 Comments Canon 100-400mm Mk II, Canon 7d mkII, close up, Dragonfly, Gordon Zammit

Many shots taken and called macro are not true macro ( which to be acurate is a magnification of at

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King Blobbinal!

January 5, 2014April 27, 2014 Chris 0 Comments Apurture Amaran AL-198C, Canon 17-40mm USM L, Canon 650D, close up, macro, Model Figures

Today I took a close up shot of some toy figures.  Not true macro photography, but fun none the less!

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New Forest Fungi

October 3, 2011March 22, 2012 Chris 0 Comments Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 17-40mm USM L, Canon 50D, close up, fungi, macro, New Forest

On an unseasonally hot first weekend in October, which apparently was the hottest week in the year and day (Saturday),

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Garston Wood – Flowers and Bee

April 4, 2011April 12, 2011 Chris 0 Comments bee, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 17-40mm USM L, Canon 20D Infrared Converted, Canon 50D, Canon MPE-65mm, close up, garston wood, macro, toothwort, Wood anenome

Today I visited the RSPB’s Garston Wood again to check out how the flowers were showing.  It was a typical

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