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Fly on bramble leaf

Blashford September Selection

September 21, 2014January 29, 2015 Chris 0 Comments Canon 650D, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, Common Darter, Common Froghopper, fly, Green Sheild Bug, Ladybird, Large Red Damselfly, Leatherbug, macro

This set of macro photos were taken mid September at Blashford Lakes Nature Reserve. All the shots in this post

Common Stump Brittlestem (Possible)

Fungi and a Frog

September 19, 2014September 19, 2014 Chris 0 Comments Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 50-200mm, Canon 650D, Extension Tubes, Frog, fungi, macro, New Forest

Over the past two weekends I have been visiting the New Forest, hunting fungi to photograph. This is much earlier

Female Black Darter MPE-65mm (5)

Dragons Heads

September 5, 2014December 20, 2014 Chris 1 Comment Black Darter, Canon 650D, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, Dragonfly, Golden-ringed Dragonfly, macro, Thursley

Getting close to dragonflies with the Canon MPE-65mm is difficult to achieve, but if you get a subject to pose,

Male Black Darter

Thursley Common Visit

September 5, 2014September 19, 2014 Chris 1 Comment Black Darter, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 650D, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, Damselfly, Dragonfly, emerald damselfly, Grasshopper, Lizard, macro, Robber Fly, Thursley

Thursley Common in Surrey is a great place for shooting macro images of insects, (particularly dragon and damselflies), as well

Kung-fu fly

Dunyeats Heath and Canford Magna visit.

August 31, 2014January 29, 2015 Chris 1 Comment Canford Magna, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 650D, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, Damselfly, Dunyeats Heath, emerald damselfly, fly, Green Sheild Bug, macro, Speckled Bush-cricket, spider, Wasp Spider, Wolf Spider

On the Sunday of the August Bank holiday weekend the macro shooting venues were Dunyeats Heath Nature Reserve, and Canford

Crab Spider

Blashford Bughunt

August 24, 2014August 25, 2014 Chris 0 Comments ant, aphids, Blashford Lakes, Canon 650D, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, Crab Spider, Green Shield Bug, macro, Scorpion Fly

Took the MPE-65mm out for the first time in a while, to hunt for the smaller bugs at Blashford Lakes

Clouded Yellow on my finger

Butterflies and a first

August 20, 2014 Chris 0 Comments Alners Gorse, Butterflies, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 650D, Clouded Yellow, Lynlinch Common, macro, Small Tortoiseshell, Small White

I had the pleasure on Sunday of seeing and photographing a species of butterfly I’ve always wanted to see. A

Chalkhill Blue posing on flower

BroadCroft Quarry

August 20, 2014August 20, 2014 Chris 0 Comments bee, Broadcroft Quarry, Butterflies, Butterfly, Butterfly Conservation, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 650D, Chalkhill Blue, Natural Light

Broadcroft Quarry on the Isle of Portland is a Butterfly Conservation Reserve, and in August I have found in the

Applying the Blur

Photoshop 2014 – Focus Blur Tutorial

August 20, 2014October 29, 2014 Chris 1 Comment Bokeh, Butterfly, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 650D, Chalkhill Blue, Depth of Field, Field Blur, Filter, Focus Area Select, macro, Photoshop, tutorial

Adobe has added a new Focus Blur Selection and Filter to Photoshop 2014 ( Creative Cloud ). This Blur is

3 Shot Stack of Keeled Skimmer

Beaulieu Heath

July 20, 2014 Chris 0 Comments Beaulieau Heath, Butterflies, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 650D, Crockford Stream, Grasshopper, Grayling, Keeled Skimmer, macro, New Forest, Silver-studded Blue

Beaulieu Heath in the New Forest is a good location for dragonflies and heathland wildlife in the summer. I took