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Bluebells on Yellow
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Bluebells at High Wood

July 3, 2019 ChrisA 0 Comments Blue, Bluebells, blur, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 5d MkIV, Flowers, High Wood, macro, Nature, Venus LAOWA 15mm f/4 Wide Angle 1:1 Macro Lens, Violet Oil Beetle, Wildlife

These bluebells macro images were taken back in April this year, I have had a backlog of photos to process

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Crab Spider on Bluebell ( Green background )
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Further Background Experiments.

May 29, 2018 ChrisA 0 Comments Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 5d MkIV, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, Flowers, High Wood, macro, Nature, spider

Following on from my first experiment with using glitter card as a background for macro shots, I took them out

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Beefly Eyes
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Flies, a Spider and the small things on a waterbutt lake

April 13, 2017 ChrisA 0 Comments Beefly, Blashford Lakes, Canon 5d MkIV, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, fly, Globular Springtail, High Wood, macro, spider, St Mark's Fly

A mixed bag of macro photos in this post, from several locations. Firstly two types of Beefly taken at High

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Spring Flower
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Wood Anenomes

April 9, 2017April 9, 2017 ChrisA 0 Comments Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 5d MkIV, High Wood, macro, Spring, Topaz Texture Effects, Wood anenome

My first Spring flower shots of 2017 were taken on a nice bright Saturday afternoon towards the end of March. 

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Spring Softly Starts
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Flowers and Pollen

April 3, 2016 ChrisA 0 Comments Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 760D, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, High Wood, Hoverfly, macro, Topaz, Topaz Glow, Topaz Texture Effects, Wood Anomene

I took an early spring visit to High Wood nr Bradbury Rings, to see what wild flowers and insects were

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Hover Fly Eyes (2)
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The Eyes Have It

April 13, 2015 Chris 0 Comments Canon 650D, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, Common Yellow Dungfly, fly, High Wood, Hoverfly, macro, Pollen Beetle, spider, Stack

Eyes – always good to see detail in them when taking macros of insects and spiders.  These shots taken over

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Mite @ 5x Magnification
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Anything mitey under the logs ?

March 15, 2015March 16, 2015 Chris 0 Comments Canon 650D, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, High Wood, macro, Mite, Pseudo Scorpion, Springtail

Well yes there was.  Not only a Mite from this corney title…taken at 5x Magnification on the MPE-65mm. Then there

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Green-veined White Butterfly
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Whites on Blues

May 22, 2014 ChrisA 0 Comments Bluebells, Butterfly, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 650D, Green-veined White, High Wood, macro

Whilst I was at High Wood experimenting with the flash setup, I was lucky enough to find that my brother

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Bluebottle
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High Wood 100mm

May 22, 2014April 7, 2015 ChrisA 1 Comment Beefly, Bluebottle, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 650D, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, fly, High Wood, macro, Nut Weevil

On the first Bank holiday Monday in May, I took a visit to High Wood near Bradbury rings.  I went

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Meloe violaceus(4) (Violet Oil Beetle)
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BeetleMania

May 16, 2014May 16, 2014 Chris 0 Comments Beetle, Canon 100mm F2.8 USM, Canon 650D, Canon MPE-65mm, Canon MT-24ex Macro Flash, Doc Leaf Beetle, garston wood, High Wood, macro, Meloe Violaceus, Oil Beelte, Pale Tortoise Beetle, White Mill

I saw this beetle apparently a Violet Oil Beetle (Meloe violaceus) for the first ever time at High Wood nr

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