Having been dabbling with a bit of macro photography over the summer I decided I needed to build a worktable to make it quick and easy to setup. The table, shown below, is a base of approx 600x450mm with a rotary table towards the front. Behind this is a slot to hold ‘background’ cards if…
I received an African Flower Mantis for Christmas and thought I’d better take a few shots to introduce her to you all. She is an adult now but is as yet unnamed. The shots were taken in my small home studio with a 100mm macro lens plus 1 Speedlight fitted with a Softbox.
This is my Orchid Mantis (Hymenopus coronatus) which is now approximately 4 months old and growing quite nicely. She originates from the tropical forests of Southeast Asia and is one of several species known as ‘flower mantises‘ from their resemblance and behaviour. She is currently fairly white in colour but will start to adopt shades…
Some shots of a Bearded Dragon shot on a Northwest Wildlife workshop. The photos were taken with a Canon 5D4 and a 100mm macro lens. The aperture was at f16 to get sufficient depth of field.
I spent half a day at Brockholes nature reserve where the intention was to find and photograph a number of species of Dragonflies that inhabit the reserve. I had spoken to a couple of people on the reserve Facebook page and was given some good, detailed information so I created myself a map and off…
I spent a few hours with Mike Hudson in his barn with a collection of Harvest mice. These tiny little creatures are incredibly difficult to photograph in the wild so using a captive subject was probably the only way I was going to photograph these animals. Mike collected a selection of wild props to use…
Another wander with the macro lens, this time in Marble Quarry at Slack Head nr Milnthorpe. I went in search of the miniature critters of this world and it took me a while to tune into their micro world and find where they were hiding. It’s a different world to ours where things are easy…
