Attempting Macro

On Thursday my intention was a macro session, a discipline I struggle with. To me macro should be done from a tri-pod, but by the time you set up the tri-pod your subject has flown. The single dragonfly shot was hand held, and the male and female were captured from a tri-pod. The Common Whitethroat was a pot shot from the car with a 300mm lens.


Bumble Bee probing kidny vetch

Large Red Damselfly

Pied Flycatcher and Tawny Owl

I revisited Yarner Wood in Dartmoor this Easter weekend, looking to photograph three species, a Pied Flycatcher, a Wood Warbler and a Redstart. As you can see I dipped on the last two but I managed to grab an average image of the Pied Fly and a mediocre shot of a Tawny Owl. I found the photography difficult as we arrived midday with high sun and strong shadow.

Moths

With the spring warm weather the moths are early this year, here are three of many caught last Thursday.

The Emperor shown here are sometimes mistaken for a butterfly as it flits across Heath Moors.

A V Pug

The Silver Y is a migratory species generally arriving in the British Isles from May onwards. Check out this link for more info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Y

Three More Of The Gull-Billed Tern

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