Huddle
Suddenly realising that it was 2.30 in the afternoon and the light was already fading fast, I grabbed the small camera, with macro and flash attached, and rushed off into the garden. No time for extensive searching: I just needed … Continued
Tree Damsel Bug
Because the temperature has dropped a few degrees, I’m merely looking around the garden now to see what I can spot, rather than sweeping or beating inverts from their shelters. Best of the day today was this Tree Damsel Bug … Continued
Serendipity
As I walked back to the house this morning after a trip down the garden to put some kitchen refuse on the compost heap, I wondered what on earth I was going to find to photograph on such a dark, … Continued
Globular springtail
This is only the second time I’ve ever photographed one of these tiny globular springtails, and comparing the older photos with these to see if I thought it was the same species or not, the old ones look so bad … Continued
Experiment
This is the result of my second experiment in achieving extra diffusion for my Godox MF-12 twin flash heads: this time I scrunched some bubble wrap into the diffusers, in the hope that it would bounce the light around a … Continued
Afternoon delight
I’ve photographed scores of pairs of Oxystoma pomonae seed weevils over the last few years – you probably recognise them if you’ve been reading my ramblings for any length of time – but this is the first time I’ve actually … Continued
Arachtober
Having failed to get out in the garden early, while it was sunny and there might have been some easy invertebrate pickings to be had, I was faced with trying to find and photograph reluctant subjects this afternoon, in very … Continued