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The Ant Pool

Ant Fun

May 25, 2016 ChrisA 0 Comments ant, Blashford Lakes, Canon 760D, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, macro

After spotting a lone red ant on a leaf, which was fairly co-operative and still I was able to get

Rain on Bluebottle

Wet Afternoon Flies

May 21, 2016 ChrisA 0 Comments Blashford Lakes, Bluebottle, Canon 760D, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, Common Yellow Dungfly, fly, Hampshire Wildlife Trust, macro, Rainsleeve

Wet Afternoon Flies. All taken in the rain today at Blashford Lakes Nature Reserve, in such persistent rain that I

Red Faced Admiral ?

Things with Wings

May 18, 2016 ChrisA 0 Comments Azure Damselfly, Blashford Lakes, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Butterfly, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 760D, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, Damselfly, macro, Red Admiral

Here’s a selection of macro images of things with wings. Finally I managed to see and photograph some damselflies and

Little Sawfly

Sawflies, Spiders, Flies & a Click

May 17, 2016 ChrisA 0 Comments Blashford Lakes, Caddisfly, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, Click Beetle, Flies, fly, Harvestman, macro, Mayfly, Sawfly, spider

This post is an assortment of various insect macros taken in the first two weeks of May 2016. All bar

Spring meadow flower

Spring Flowers

May 17, 2016 ChrisA 0 Comments Blashford Lakes, Canford Magna, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 760D, garston wood, Greater Stitchwort, macro, Ransoms, Speedwell, Topaz Texture Effects

With spring finally coming alive – so did some of the later spring flowers. Here is a selection of various

Doc Leaf Beetle

Assorted Insects

May 4, 2016 ChrisA 0 Comments Blashford Lakes, Canon 760D, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, fly, macro, Tenthredo livida Wasp

Here is an assortment of insects that I took on Bank Holiday Monday at Blashford Lakes. There was not a

New Forest Fungi (5)

New Forest Fungi 2015

November 8, 2015 ChrisA 0 Comments Anderwood, Blashford Lakes, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 760D, fungi, macro, New Forest

A trip to the New Forest, on the first of November, called for some finding and shooting of the fungi

Southern Hawker - Aeshna cyanea

Aeshna cyanea

August 23, 2015August 23, 2015 Chris 0 Comments Aeshna cyanea, Blashford Lakes, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 760D, Dorset Wildlife Trust, Dragonfly, Focus Stacking, Helicon Focus, macro, Southern Hawker, Stack

Aeshna cyanea – or Southern Hawker Dragonfly. These are the first images I have taken of one of these Hawkers,

Cionus hortulanus Weevil (2)

Wee Weevils

July 16, 2015July 30, 2015 ChrisA 2 Comments Blashford Lakes, Canon 1.4 Extender, Canon 760D, Canon MPE-65mm, Cionus hortulanus, Cionus scrophulariae, Figwort Weevil, macro, weevil

Blashford Lakes blog had mentioned that their were some unusual weevils about at the reserve, and I had been looking

Rhagonycha fulva

Ambient Light with the MPE65mm

July 14, 2015 ChrisA 1 Comment Ambient Light, Blashford Lakes, Canon 760D, Canon MPE-65mm, Hampshire Wildlife Trust, High ISO, macro, Natural Light, Plant Bug, Soldier Beetle

Another try out with the Canon MPE-65mm and ambient ( natural light ) only at the weekend. This time I