==Gotham City Community Center==

Miranda- I wonder what Eric and Floyd are doing in a community center of all places

Drury- Maybe they play basketball together?

Miranda- Tennis

Drury- Baseball

Miranda- No, I've got it- Volleyball.

Drury- Oh yes. That'll be it ... You remember the last time we went to a community center?

Miranda- Yeah. It was a support group for those affected by arson. You brought Gar there

Drury- Yeah... He was really great at getting them to bond.

Miranda- Just a shame they bonded in hatred *of* him.

Drury- Not my smartest idea, I admit

Miranda- You two spoken recently?

Drury- Nah. His girlfriend *did* kill my uncle. It's just sorta awkward y'know.

Ben- Drury Walker!

Drury- Crumbs

Miranda- Hello Benji

Ben- Miranda. What brings you two here?

Drury- Just visiting

Ben- Really? And what makes you think I'd welcome you?

Miranda- We ARE family.

Ben- That may be true, but after what your husband did- he's in for a world of pain

Drury- Now, now

Ben- Tiger Hug!

*Ben embraces Drury in a hug. Bones are definitely broken*

Drury- Aw no! Leggo man!

Ben- That's for the birthday cake

Drury- *wheeze* So you liked it?

Ben- Loved it! Let me guess- Miranda told you I liked courgette?

Miranda- Yep.

Ben- Great stuff. Now, "Just visiting" was it?

Drury- Ok, you've got us! Putting together a new gang- don't suppose-?

Ben- No, afraid not. I've responsibilities now. To my support group

Miranda- Oh. Do you think we could visit them? We're actually looking for a couple of other people anyway.

Ben- In there

Tut- - That's right, even in the suit- There is no sign of Tut. Just Professor Goodman

Harriet- That's good. I'm working at Target now. Honestly? I think I preferred my old... customers

Scarface- -That's right, dummy and me are going to couples counseling now. I'm learning a lot. 'Gout how agusive I really is.

Wesker- It's not your fault Mr Scarface sir. It can happen to the best of us

Scarface- Quiet dummy, can't you see I is repenting? Sorry, sorry. Still getting used to the shifting power galance.

Kirk- -Is that that new place over at fifth? Francine and I have been going there too.

Floyd- -The commute? Just fantastic. Sitting next to some fat lazy businessmen puts a massive smile on my face. See, I want to make it clear, this was Zoe's suggestion, not mine. Wouldn't normally be seen dead in a place like this-

Eric- Don't worry Floyd, this is a safe space- we aren't going to tell anyone. No-one's going to-

*They look up to notice Drury*

Floyd- Aw crud.

Drury- I gotta admit. This was not what I was imagining.

This was one of my rushed shots of an Hairy Dragonfly from last Saturday, this was a prime example of a certain law in practise. I got to the canal at about 10am and walked 5miles along its length on a grey and windy day, OK I found a few bits n bobs on the walk, but no Dragons on the way, so I turned back, bearing in mind I had to make a certain bus back. Well I had just about made it back in time and what do I spy resting in the tall grass, yep a lovely Brachytron pratense. I had literally 15mins to get to the bus stop, so I really rushed these shots and also the Dragonfly was fluttering its wings in readiness for take off, well it did take to the air and I hightailed it to the bus stop, only just made it as well. Typical, a 10+ mile walk and you find your target right at the end of the walk LOL :o)

I would have liked some full body shots of these, but that would have meant a lens change, as I had the MP-E on I had to settle for some close ups, I'm hoping if the weather decides to improve, I shall return on a brighter and sunnier day.

I would have preferred more of a head on shot, but I did not want to disturb this one too much, also a bit annoyed with a bit of flash fall off, but there are some nice details and textures on the head and eye :o)

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This is the excavation phase, the female starts eating into a Duckweed leaf, she will bore in deep enough and wide enough to fit her egg.

Went out briefly after work and it started raining, I noticed this Holly Blue sheltering and it was more than happy to pose for a shot, this is the closest shot of a Holly Blue I have managed to date :)

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You've got a friend in me

You've got a friend in me

If you've got troubles,I've got 'em too

There isn't anything I wouldn't do for you

We stick together and can see it through

Cause you've got a friend in me

You've got a friend in me

Another top Darter afternoon, this was taken late afternoon on the fence that borders the Wilford Industrial Estate and the Wilford Claypit Nature Reserve, it was late afternoon and the sun had decided to come out. The fence was covered in Common Darters all trying to get the last few rays of warmth. Needless to say there were some very friendly characters, this one was particularly friendly, even flew up and landed on my shoulder. I have got some great facial expressions to post at a later date, but for now I just liked the pose and smiley Darter face on this one :o)

I had to lean right over the fence to get the angle for this shot, but this Darter was not phased at all, still smiling :o)

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The Cherry or the Pear Slug, this is actually not a slug, but is actually a Sawfly larvae. They are considered a pest as they happily munch on leaves and leave skeleton veins in the leaves. They cover themselves in green slime and are not palatable to predators, I also think they look like bird droppings as well, so this would make them quite unappealing, not expecting loads of viewings of this guy, just posted it because it's interesting :)

I've not found one of these since I was a kid, so brought back memories, have always had a passion for Bugs :)

You can see where it has been feeding, all the orangey yellow patches are it's previous grazing ground :)

My first Araneus quadratus of 2011, this was a fairly small individual but had already had a Damselfly in its web, they favour meadow and can be found in tall grasses, they can get quite large and can take down larger prey :)

I went out for an early evening Calopteryx hunt, I only found this one individual, I usually find a lot more, I hope their numbers are not already in decline, it's probably because they are getting better at hiding LOL :)

Ischnura elegans, I liked this because I caught it mid cleaning, it shows how it uses it''s legs to clean it's jaws or is it using it's jaws to clean it's legs, I liked it because it shows some usually unseen upper jaws.

I found this excellent little chap today, not sure but maybe a very young Oak Bush Cricket Nymph, did not notice a yellow line down the back. He finally stopped to clean those incredibly long antennae, so beautiful :)

Another rather groovy Red Ant (Myrmica cf. scabrinodis), this one stopped and I think he was checking out the big camera like thing pointing down at him.

These were fairly slow for Ants as it was just after 6:15am, nearly as sluggish as me, so I could just about cope as well :)

Trying a bit of a different presentation, all the above are shown in the comments as well, view the main image in LARGE :)

I took an early evening trip to a local reserve and was delighted to find my first Common Blue Butterflies of 2013 and there were a fair few about, I do so like these pretty little Butterflies.

This is a handheld 3 image stack in natural light at F/6.3, always nice to get these posing on nice perches with not a lot in the background. Looks like we are in for a good long spell of clement weather :o)

The Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus) is a small butterfly in the family Lycaenidae, widespread over much of the Palaearctic and recently introduced in eastern Canada.

The larva feeds on Leguminosae. Recorded foodplants are Lathyrus spp., Vicia spp., Vicia cracca, Oxytropis campestris, Lotus corniculatus, Trifolium pratense, Oxytropis pyrenaica, Astragalus aristatus, Astragalus onobrychis, Astragalus pinetorum, Medicago romanica, Medicago falcata, and Trifolium repens.

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Looks like the gloom has set in, grey, drizzly, damp and dull, I did find this little one on the patio steps and it did look a tad on the damp side, thought it made an interesting shot, as I liked the bokeh the paving stone produced and the water drops on it's body, I think this one is Philaenus spumarius, the Common Froghopper, please correct me if I'm wrong :)

Renewed the Pro account yesterday, you will have to put up with me for another 2 years at least LOL :)

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Thought I'd try for a fly on some foliage, this was handheld at head height and took more than a few attempts, I'm really going to have to get a lighter setup :)

Look I'm a twig, there is no way he can see me now, I'm just too good at hiding :)

This afternoon I set myself a challenge to get an Orthetrum cancellatum head on shot. I had noticed these Black-tailed Skimmers periodically landing on a stone inlet overflow channel by a pond, so I thought I'd try the 180mm Tamron on 36mm of extension tubes and an external flash setup with a diffuser. Due to the positioning I had to use a flash as the sun was in front of me. So I first got the Skimmer used to me being there and after a while I was able to get closer and closer. This species likes to settle on flat surfaces and on the ground, I often see them on paths by bodies of water, also like the way they hold their front legs up by the side of their head :0)

Really was great fun, except when I turned around and there was a family directly behind me with pet dogs, their kids eating ice creams next to me, they then decided to go for a paddle whilst I was trying to get shots, I politely packed my kit away and went home in a rather disgruntled mood LOL :o)

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A male Dicyrtomina saundersi today taken at x7 magnification, a handheld focus stack of 10 images at F/5.6. I'm surprised this worked out as it was so windy, I was expecting the antennae to be all over the shop, this one is a male, the dark cheek pigmentation on the head and darker pigmentation in general points to this. This one was about 2mm in size at a guess :o)

I really must try to find some different species to try focus stacking with, but these guys will do for now. The plentiful numbers mean that the odds of a stationary individual are in my favour :o)

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Another of my stacks of a Salticus scenicus feeding on a rather juicy looking fly. I kind of like this one better than the previous stack as there is no distracting flash fall off. I dream of a sunny calm day when I can find these guys out and about hunting, looks like another unsettled weekend ahead, how about a nice area of high pressure for a change, would make a nice change from this constant cycle of low pressure swirling over this island :o(

Enough about the weather, I am determined to get out no matter what this weekend, got to do an early rise and get some Damsels, I have a few waiting on the hard drive, may do one tomorrow :o)

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I found a colony of these Tullbergiidae living in amongst the roots of an Orchid that is kept in the utility room. These are very small Collembola and ranged from 0.3mm-0.5mm at a guess. I was messing around with extension tubes etc, some were taken with my MP-E with the 1.4x teleconverter and 108mm of extension tubes and a few with the teleconverter and 168mm of extension tubes.

I have no idea what species these are, I'm not even sure if they are a UK species, as they most probably came in with the Orchid, I suppose it depends whether the Orchid was grown in the UK or was imported.

I'm guessing that this is possibly a Mesaphorura sp.

I had to upload this one as it's the first time I've managed to get two in the same shot and relatively in focus, I took quite a few of these in poor light and was chuffed to bits to get both with ocelli in focus, I think these are Dicyrtoma fusca and shows them at different stages of development, either that or they are different sexes. If my ID's are wrong on any of these please let me know :)

Single frame image

Class: Entognatha

Subclass: Collembola

Order: Symphypleona

Family: Dicyrtomidae

Genus Dicyrtoma

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The Doom Patrol / Heft-Reihe

The Deadly Sting of the Bug Man

cover: Bob Brown

DC / USA 1965

Reprint / Comic-Club NK 2010

ex libris MTP

www.comics.org/issue/19580/

Salticidae of the day is surprise surprise Salticus scenicus LOL, I only come across 2 species here in Notts and this is by far the easiest to find. On a warm afternoon on a wall facing the sun you are highly likely to find at least one of these fine ladies, I only very occasionally find a male.

This one was on a wall at Lady Bay Bridge and I quite liked the blues on the wall, might have been graffiti.

Off down to Cambridgeshire soon for a few days, so hoping to bag my first Large Red Damselfly of the year and whatever else I can find, maybe more Collembola LOL :o)

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A new Ladybird for me, this was about 4mm long and is the Adonis Ladybird, a very pretty little Ladybird and one I shall look out for in the future.

Always turn leaves over, I turned a leaf over today and I found these wonderful Bugs, they look a bit like Capsid nymphs of some sort, any help with ID greatly appreciated :)

This is an uncropped image :)

Thanks to Martin Brown for ID help via Jonathan(Chirpy)

It seems that fences become great meeting places for Weevils, not for this one though, this one was on it's lonesome, but I'm sure not for long knowing Weevils. Wooden fences and railings always seem to turn up some interesting finds on a sunny day, I think insects enjoy the warmth of the wood :o)

I'm not sure what species this one is, could possibly be Apion pomonae, it looks very similar to one I found last year.

I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend :o)

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Well so far this year Sunday has been my best Dragon day by a long shot, I managed 3 species in one location, yeah and I know that is pretty poor compared to other places in the UK, but for Nottingham it's pretty good going LOL.

It's strange that one day there are none about and the next day there are quite a few, in this case Anax imperator (The Emperor), Orthetrum cancellatum (Black-tailed Skimmer) and Libellula quadrimaculata (Four-spotted Chaser). These were not the first I've seen this year, but the first I've photographed, I did photograph a Four-spotted Chaser a week ago, but was unhappy with the DOF. So I thought I'd do a collage for these and put the individual shots in the comments.

All shot with the 400mm on 36mm of extension tubes from a wooden observation deck, the Dragonflies were settling on the reeds etc at the edge of the water and always a couple of metres away. All specimens were males and all defending their territory :o)

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Now I think this is the Small Skipper now due to the pale underside of the antennae, thanks to Steve Balcombe for ID help, I checked back on some other images for confirmation :o) :o)

Well I got up at 4:10am today and was out and about until about 7am, needless to say I have plenty of Damselfly stacks to work on, but I thought I'd upload this pretty Small Skipper this morning. This is a 29 image handheld focus stack using an F/7.1 aperture, ISO 320 and a 1/160 shutter speed.

A short film showing a Common Darter in the process of pumping his wings up post emergence. Unfortunately I never was able to find any more emerging Darters and did not manage the full emergence start to finish, so I have a selection of moments from the emergence. This is not the full wing expansion, but nicely illustrates the process of wing expansion. In the video you can see the Dragonfly rhythmically moving its abdomen, this is the Dragonfly pumping fluid into the veins of the wings, once the wings are fully formed they will then dry and set to form those wonderful stained glass structures. This film clip was sped up by a factor of x4. Also, the bad news is they have emptied and cleaned the fountain since, so unlikely I will see any emerging there next year, all those Darters gone ;O(

Just a note, this as yet can't be viewed in the new format beta test, which begs the question why beta test something that is not yet fully functional?

My other clips are here :-

www.flickr.com/photos/odonataman/9509318393/

www.flickr.com/photos/odonataman/9472398924/in/photostream/

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another doll, this is a bug, still working with the wins.

I have had quite a few people ask me if some of my macro images are focus stacked. The answer is no. All my macro images are single shot images. I have nothing against focus stacking, in fact I am a big fan of Eddie The Bugman who posts some awesome images and I realise the work that goes into these focus stacks and as said Eddie and a few others post some tremendous images.

Focus stacking is something I may try at some time but for the time being I will stick to single images. Messingham nature reserve, North Lincolnshire

A lovely Salticus scenicus on a local brick wall, this is a female, this year I have yet to see a male of this species, the male Salticus scenicus has modified pedipalps that are much bigger than the females, I believe they are modified for courtship/mating reasons. There is definitely a higher ratio of females to males with this species.

I was quite pleased with the results of this image, this was an 8 image handheld focus stack taken at x4 magnification, I used an F/8 aperture and ISO 200, the ISO allowed me to use a more subdued flash power that was less likely to make the Spider react. When looking for potential subjects I always look for static individuals, I will then test my flash on a nearby bit of wall to check exposure, I then make a very gradual move with the camera towards the subject.

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Had a wonderful day today and met up with a Flickr contact TONY RYAN1 www.flickr.com/photos/65242761@N04/ at Attenborough and then headed over to the Deer Park at Wollaton Hall, still love watching these Red Deer and took more than a few shots.

I was photographing this resting Red Deer Stag in the afternoon light when another one came running into frame, startled me at first, but I liked this shot a lot :)

Thanks Tony for a great day out :)

Possibly one of my favourite beetles, the Wasp Beetle and I was so pleased to find this one. I remember finding one as a boy and getting very excited about my find, must have drawn it a number of times. So thought I'd get a head on close up :)

The title is a well known quote, can anyone remember it and when it was said. This is one of the other shots I took of a Grasshopper in my home studio, I love Grasshoppers, they are such adorable insects and they make such beautiful sounds :)

A Variable Ten-spot Ladybird, this one had no spots at all. I was hoping to find one this year, I find it amusing that they can be Ten-spots with no spots :)

Uncropped image :)

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A fine Spring day and I think the cool Spring sunshine was having an effect on the local Weevil population, these guys were everywhere and they were certainly getting carried away, literally in some cases.

Not sure on the species here, but one thing I do know is that copulating Weevils provide a real DOF challenge, this was one of the successful shots. I saw loads of these today, looks like they were all coming out of the woodwork LOL :o)

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A pretty little lady I was allowed to photograph today, I spent the morning wandering around the Armed Forces Day show at the Embankment, I also managed to completely miss all the fly pasts as well, but on my way back I stopped in West Bridgford centre and these guys were on display, they belong to a local Raptor rescue centre, I made a donation and asked if it was OK to photograph this beautiful Little Owl. I think she was a tad camera shy, but I quite liked this shot, I was using a 180mm macro at F/6.3, I would of liked to use a smaller aperture, but hand holding this heavy Tamron lens is not easy, still quite liked the results and probably the only time I will get a chance to photograph one, I have seen one in the wild, but it was dusk and up in a tree.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend :o)

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I think this is a Dicyrtomina ornata, I'm sure it's not a Dicyrtomina saundersi due to the more solid pigmentation pattern on the posterior and it seems too pigmented to be a Dicyrtomina minuta. This one was about 1.5mm in length.

Anyway, this is a pre-moult individual, it is showing the classic white feet and the mottled pigmentation on the abdomen. Eventually it will enter a pharate state and will begin its moult. This one was found in a woodland environment and I used a white card as a background. This was a x7 magnification handheld focus stack of 18 images using an F/5 aperture.

I hope to try for some more focus stacks this weekend, that's if the weather behaves, still its not too bad for the middle of November.

I hope everyone has a great weekend :o)

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A male Emerald Damselfly early in the morning having a bit of clean up, basically wiping the dew off its eyes and face, this one took flight very shortly after this shot. This one is a male with full blue pruinescence, pruinescence is a bloom caused by pigment on top of an insects cuticle giving a dusty or frosted appearance.

These have to be one of my favourite Damselflies, I would of done a portrait, but I really didn't want to disturb this one, so decided just to take full body shots instead. It was also nice not to have anything in the immediate background, this meant a nice clean bokeh :o)

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A male Sympetrum striolatum that I managed to get quite close to on his favourite perch. Always good when you find a favourite perch, often you can just sit there and gradually get closer and closer, I was using my 180mm Tamron on 36mm of extension tubes. Another cunning trick to encourage Dragonflies to perch is find a selection of nice looking sticks and plant them on the waters edge, then leave them for a day, when you return there is a good chance a Dragonfly has taken it as a favourite perch to monitor his territory. I call it the stick trick :o)

Also I believe it is National Dragonfly week, see here :-

www.british-dragonflies.org.uk/content/home-page-dragonfl...

Also Happy Dragonfly Thursday :o)

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She then lowers the egg into the hole, she will then cover the egg with secretions, detritus and faeces, this is then stamped down to form a cover over the egg.

Thought I'd just do a couple more Nuthatch uploads, In these I've cropped to get rid of the hideous metal bird feeder table, I'm not sure which I like the most here, so I've put another in the comments, They really are cracking little birds, I think when the weather settles I'm going to venture out and see what I can capture, thinking of trying the stick trick near a feeder and wear some camouflaged gear to try and blend in a bit.

In the second image I used Lightroom to remove the green background and make it almost grey, thought it might make the Nutty stand out a bit more, I also might try and get closer shots by using extension tubes on my 400mm, thinking a tripod and remote set up so I can keep a bit of distance, any other suggestions very welcome :o)

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Well you have no idea how long I've wanted to witness this (Well if you know me then you probably do have an idea), my very first Dragonfly emergence and I've got the most impressive bit on film. I started off taking photos in the early stages, but thought if I wanted to get that final emergence then video was the answer. So what we have here is the moment a Common Darter escapes his exuviae, not something you often see :o)

I will endeavour to work out how to present the rest of the emergence and I might be able to do something with the video of this guy expanding his wings. You have no idea how happy I was, unfortunately there were loads of people wandering about and making noise, but this clip is a quiet one. These guys are emerging from a fountain that has gone wild, lots of talk about cleaning it up, so I might lose my best Dragon emergence site next year :o(

I eventually worked out the best time for these emerging is about 9am, before I was arriving at 10-11am and just finding the already emerged Dragons, so tomorrow morning I will see if I can witness this again and hopefully get more shots, this one was in an awkward position of being partly in shade in a corner, fully in shade would be good or fully out of shade in a more open area would have been preferable. I used my Tamron 180mm macro mounted on a Manfrotto pro tripod for this one, gave a comfortable working distance :o)

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend :o)

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Golden brown texture like sun

Lays me down with my mind she runs

Throughout the night

No need to fight

Never a frown with golden brown

Every time just like the last

On her ship tied to the mast

To distant lands

Takes both my hands

Never a frown with golden brown

www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7R7q1lSZfs

Thought it was a very fitting title for this image, this is Dicyrtomina saundersi on the underside of a fallen Autumn leaf, these guys are quite well camouflaged in this environment, to find these I was employing the basic technique of picking up a likely leaf, turning it over and scrutinising it with my bionic eye. I loved the colours on this one :)

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For anyone who missed my Autumnwatch Unsprung photo :)

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00m60kg

Shameless plug I know LOL :)

A male Dicyrtomina saundersi on a bit of fallen branch, also interesting to see the fungal growth on the branch and droplets on the Springtail. These guys are now out in force, these can be very cooperative subjects sometimes and will stay put, then again sometimes they don't.

Anyway, I was using my MP-E on my 1.4x teleconverter for this and at full magnification this is equivalent to x7 magnification on a full frame sensor. This was a 22 image handheld focus stack with an F/5.6 aperture, ISO 320 and 1/125 shutter speed. I had placed a card behind the subject for a background, this was taken in a woodland environment, lots more of these to come I'm afraid LOL :o)

Also Happy BBBT :o)

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I found a colony of these Tullbergiidae living in amongst the roots of an Orchid that is kept in the utility room. These are very small Collembola and ranged from 0.3mm-0.5mm at a guess. I was messing around with extension tubes etc, some were taken with my MP-E with the 1.4x teleconverter and 108mm of extension tubes and a few with the teleconverter and 168mm of extension tubes.

I have no idea what species these are, I'm not even sure if they are a UK species, as they most probably came in with the Orchid, I suppose it depends whether the Orchid was grown in the UK or was imported.

I'm guessing that this is possibly a Mesaphorura sp.

A beautiful female Common Darter taken from a low angle as she was settled on top of a flower.

Really great to get a nice angle on this one, she was everso happy to let me photograph her, another that kept coming back for more. I hope it's like this again tomorrow, I found a spot with loads of high perches and these guys were there in reasonable numbers.

OK I might of had a bit of Lightroom fun here LOL :o)

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend :o)

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An interesting find today, I'm pretty sure this guy is a Groundhopper, I'm just unsure which one it is? I've seen these before, but this is the first focus stack I've managed of one of these. For some reason I used F/11, think I got carried away, but managed about 8 images for this stack. Quite a cool looking critter this one :o)

Twas a lovely day, spent most of it trying to creep up on Mining Bees and Bee Flies with the MP-E, still it was great fun, but with limited success LOL :o)

Well thought I'd reappear after a few weeks off Flickr, still not enthused with the layout of this site. Anyway, settling into a new routine, glad to get off nights, but so much to get used to in the new job :o)

Thanks to David_W_1971 for ID :o)

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Tried a green background on Lestes sponsa, this one was resting on a Dock flower early one morning, I managed to rest some green foam behind her, made an interesting shot.

Hoping to get home to my folks this weekend, so should manage some early morning photography, that will mean more Emeralds I hope :)

Just a few more shots of the lovely Green Tiger Beetle I found yesterday, these are single frame MP-E shots, I was using just over 1x magnification on these and I have used these as it gives you a better feel for these glorious Coleoptera, you also get a feel for the lovely textural quality of the elytra as well. I've been looking at other species of Tiger Beetles on the internet and some are so beautiful, especially the ones from more tropical climes.

I'm hoping to go back on a cooler day and really go for some serious focus stacks, especially of the head area.

Some Wiki info :-

Adults are 12-15mm long. The elytra and thorax are green, varying in tone from light to dark, spotted with cream-coloured patches, and in bright sunlight are somewhat iridescent. The eyes are blackish; the legs are brown with whitish hairs. The antennae are long and straight, not clubbed.

The adults are sun-loving. They live in places with dry soils (sandy or chalky), mostly between May and October at the latitude of Britain. Like other tiger beetles, they run fast on their long legs and are most often seen on bare ground, in Britain typically on heather moorland. They can fly fast, making a loud buzzing noise

The larvae are carnivorous. They dig burrows from where they ambush ground-living insects such as ants.

Anyway, hope you all had a great weekend, I went out today, got a few Bee shots, will see if they are any good in a bit.

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