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Happy Red-Eyed Damselfly

Final 2018 Damsefly portrait shots.

October 22, 2018 ChrisA 0 Comments Blashford Lakes, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, Common Blue Damselfly, Damselfly, macro, Portrait, Red-eyed damsefly, Stack, Wildlife, YONGNUO YN24EX E TTL Macro Flash

One of my favourite in the field macro challenges is to get up close and personal with Damseflies, so I

Speckled Wood Butterfly on Nettles

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

Skipper on brambles

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

Glittery Blue

Damsels and Dragons

August 4, 2018 ChrisA 0 Comments Blashford, Blashford Lakes, Canon 5d MkIV, Canon MPE-65mm, Common Blue Damselfly, Damselfly, Dragonfly, Golden-ringed Dragonfly, macro, Nature, YONGNUO YN24EX E TTL Macro Flash Speedlite

Due to the hot weather and my lack of time to go out early this year – I have not

Picture Eyes

More Laowa 60mm Macro

July 27, 2018 ChrisA 0 Comments bee, Blashford Lakes, Canon 5d MkIV, Laowa 60mm 2:1 macro lens, macro, Nature, picture wing fly, spider, YONGNUO YN24EX E TTL Macro Flash

Following on from my previous post about the Laowa 60mm Macro lens. Here is a cropped shot of the small

Looking up at the fight

End of May and Canon MPE-65mm ?

July 8, 2018July 8, 2018 ChrisA 0 Comments Beautiful Demoiselle, Beetle, Blashford Lakes, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 5d MkIV, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, Damselfly, Dock Bug, Earwig, Figwort Weevil, Hopper, macro, Nature, Sawfly larvae

These photographs come from the final weekend of May 2018. They are also the last images taken on my Canon

It's Mine!

Munch Bunch

July 1, 2018 ChrisA 0 Comments Aphid, Beetle, Blashford Lakes, Canon 5d MkIV, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, Dock Leaf Beetle, Jumping Spider, Ladybird Larvae, macro, Nature, Red Ants

Who would be an Aphid ? Farmed by ants and eaten by many! Let alone sprayed by gardeners. Even small

Bathing in the Sun

Flowers and Bugs

June 30, 2018 ChrisA 0 Comments Bicellaria vana, Blashford Lakes, Canon 5d MkIV, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, daisy, Dance Fly, Flowers, fly, Hoverfly, macro, Speckled Bush-cricket, Topaz

Here’s a selection of macro photos I took on the 20th May this year. First the flowers – a couple

Dock Leaf Beetle

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

The Fly

Day of The Flies

May 18, 2018 ChrisA 0 Comments Blashford Lakes, caddis fly, Canon 5d MkIV, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, Dance Fly, fly, macro, Sawfly

It was a day of fly macros on an end of April visit to Blashford Lakes. I failed to find