Orange tip butterfly
I know the orange tip butterfly is not a rare or endangered species, but I’ve seen them flutter by me for the last 4 or…
Nature
A blanket of buttercups
I was out again yesterday with my Nex-6 and Pentax smc 50mm f/1.7 prime lens and noticed the buttercups making a carpet of yellow under…
Caught in the spot light
We have a lovely sunny day here in the UK and I went into the garden to see what wildlife was about. This tidy spider…
Lightroom post processing techniques – radial filter
I like macro photography, but this post uses a macro photograph to point out a Lightroom 5 post processing technique I’ve started to use a…
Macro photography – small skipper butterfly
This is another in my macro photography series, and this time features a small skipper butterfly. I took this picture in the priors wood area…
Macro photography – Hoverfly
My favorite lens for macro photography is my 90mm Tamron f/2.8 and this picture was taken with that lens on my Pentax K5 in August…
High force waterfall
During our holiday in the North East of England we visited the High Force waterfall in Forest-in-teesdale. After parking the car in the gift shop car…
Macro photography – Red-and-black Froghopper
As I was out on my now customary weekend ‘walk with my camera’ I spotted this very bright Orange and Black beetle nestling under a…
Cricket or Grasshopper ?
This is another picture from my walk yesterday. I’m not sure if this is a cricket or grasshopper, but it was about 5mm in length, …
Bury my head
I went out with my Tamron 90 mm Lens again today to try to get some Butterfly pictures. The weather forecast had suggested that it…
Black and White fly
I found this little fly sitting on a wild flower when I was out at the weekend with my Tamron 90mm F/2.8 macro lens and…