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Southern Hawker - Aeshna cyanea
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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,

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Red Dragonfly by Gordon Zammit (1)
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The Red Dragonfly – by Gordon Zammit

August 16, 2015August 16, 2015 Chris 0 Comments Canon 100-400mm Mk II, Canon 7d mkII, Dragonfly, Gordon Zammit

These three photographs of a beautiful red dragonfly taken by Gordon Zammit on a hot Malta day, had to be

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Female Black Darter on Heather - 5 Images Stacked
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Black Darter

August 15, 2015August 16, 2015 Chris 0 Comments Black Darter, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 760D, Christchurch Common, Dragonfly, macro, Manfrotto Befree Tripod, Natural Light, Nature, Wildlife

I took a visit to a new local location today – Christchurch Common, in search of some Black Darter Dragonflies. 

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Dragonfly (6) by Gordon Zammit
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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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Common Darter
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Thursley Trio

August 9, 2015August 9, 2015 Chris 0 Comments Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 760D, Common Darter, Common Lizard, Damselfly, Dragonfly, macro, Natural Light, Nature, Small Red Damselfly, Thursley, Topaz Restyle, Wildlife

Here are a trio of macro images from a visit to Thursley Common today.  This was my first visit of

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Migrant Hawker - 3 Images Stacked
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Dunyeats Heath

August 2, 2015August 2, 2015 ChrisA 0 Comments Bug, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 760D, Dragonfly, Dunyeats Heath, Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Labyrinth Spider, macro, Manfrotto Befree Tripod, Migrant Hawker, Natural Light, Nature, spider, Video, Wild, Wildlife

Dunyeats Heath Nature Reserve, in Poole Dorset was Saturdays Macro Destination.  I took along my new Manfrotto Befree Tripod to

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Common Darter - Canon 100mm 1:1
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760D First Macro Shots

June 22, 2015 Chris 0 Comments Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 270ex Flash, Canon 760D, Canon MPE-65mm, Common Darter, Dragonfly, Dunyeats Heath, fly, Front Mounted Diffuser, macro

Had a brief outing on Sunday with my new Canon 760D camera body at Dunyeats Heath Nature Reserve.   I did

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The Mosquito Waits...
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Mixed Macro Shots Update

June 11, 2015 Chris 0 Comments Blashford Lakes, Broad-bodied Chaser, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 650D, Canon MPE-65mm, Common Blue Damselfly, Damselfly, Dragonfly, macro, Mosquito, Scorpion Fly, weevil

Here’s a quick update of some interesting little beasties found at Blashford Lakes, and a Dragon and Damselfly shot from

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Female Black Darter MPE-65mm (5)
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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,

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Male Black Darter
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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

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