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Took my Macro set up out for a practice up Bournemouth upper gardens in Dorset yesterday (Nikon D850, 105 lens with 1.4 TC, No flash) Named mainly using google lens 1) Beautiful Demoiselle Damselfly 2 Red mason Bee 3) Bumblebee Bee 4) Threeband Garden Slug

Rose sawfly, Arge pagana stephensii

Was not expecting this to be buzzing around yesterday, it put in a very brief appearance while I was trying to take pictures of butterfly's. Side View Humming bird Hawk Moth Side View by Richard, on Flickr Top Down View 20200907NIKON D850untitled shoot-_DSC1281.jpg by Richard, on Flickr

Bee Straddling 2 flowers 20200826NIKON D850untitled shoot-_DSC1199.jpg by Richard, on Flickr Spider with Large white butterfly prey 20200826NIKON D850untitled shoot-_DSC1218.jpg by Richard, on Flickr Large white butterfly 20200826NIKON D500untitled shoot-_DSC3927.jpg by Richard, on Flickr

From a few days ago....trying out my flash rig 'in the field', just to add a touch of fill. First, the Red Admiral: (Vanessa atalanta) Red Admiral butterfly 2 by Gareth Bellamy, on Flickr Red Admiral butterfly 1 by Gareth Bellamy, on Flickr Small Tortoiseshell: (Aglais urticae) Small...

Taken with a Olympus EM10 MK2 and the 30mm macro lens

Butterfly jungle (well, small room) at Hall Place in Kent

Little striped jumping spider - cute lil' thing. Didn't hang around long enough for me to nail the focus on the eyes: DSC02942 by mike mountain, on Flickr Not much else in the garden - still tons of these:DSC02947 by mike mountain, on Flickr DSC02891 by mike mountain, on Flickr an this tiny...

DSC02029 by mike mountain, on Flickr DSC02063 by mike mountain, on Flickr DSC02068 by mike mountain, on Flickr

Certainly not my best quality picture but the subject matter is quite interesting. Even with a 70-300mm lens I was a long way from the subject, so was pleased to get anything at all. This female Banded Demoiselle is clearly laying her eggs on the leaf. There is a small trail of yellow/green eggs...

Recently managed to get out for a couple of hours on two separate afternoons down to the local Butterfly Conservation reserve at Snakeholme Pit. There is a wide variety of insect life down there and the trips were quite rewarding. 1. Banded Demoiselle Male 2. Banded Demoiselle Female I might...

Not able to do much at the moment due to ongoing treatment at hospital, but last week could not resist the challenge when we heard that the Marsh Fritiltaries and Dingy Skippers had been seen locally. Was very surprised that they were there as it has been so cold and very few other butterflies...

Found this little guy on my washing line today, Was pretty tricky to get his eyes sharp as the washing was blowing in the wind and he kept walking around. Very well behaved little guy though. I don't often do much close-up work so with that said, I'm pretty happy with these.. Shot on Fuji...