Spider

105mm 1/200s f/4.0 ISO125

Back to It...

105mm 1/200s f/4.0 ISO200

Hoverfly

105mm 1/200s f8 ISO200

Heads or Tails?

105mm 1/640s f/3.2 ISO100 - Mono-conversion

Pinecone

105mm 1/100s f3.2 ISO400

Horror

A tough decision to convert to b&w, but it brings out the patterns and textures on the spider

105mm 1/160s f/7.1 ISO200 - Mono-conversion

Golden Ratio

A snail shell works out to be a perfect golden section/ratio (especially if I'd cropped to exagerate it). Nature once again doing it's thing...

105mm 1/250s f/13 ISO100 - Bounced flash @ -1ev: b&w overlay

Beauty

I find it incredibly hard to photograph butterflies at times - especially when you have to balance the exposure as they land in a patch of white sunlit blossom - but this year I will continue my efforts.

105mm 1/200s f/4 ISO100 - Cropped

Mating Season

Rare find this one, a mating pair and the post-coital aftermath

105mm 1/200s f/8 ISO250-ISO400

Ladybird

A little fill-flash used to balance the exposure in this one

105mm 1/250s f6.3 ISO100 - Flash @ -2/3ev

Macro Part 1

Spider - 105mm 1/125s f/10 ISO200: flash @ -1ev

Ladybird - 105mm 1/200s f/8 ISO200

Caterpillar - 105mm 1/200s f/8 ISO1250: cropped, noise reduction. Although not critically sharp (due to some crazy subject movement), I felt the pose was interesting enough to warrant posting.

Flower Power

105mm 1/200 - 1/640s f/2.8 - f/4 ISO100 - 400

Pollination

105mm 1/160s f7.1 ISO250

Ladybird

105mm 1/200s f/7.1 ISO500

Bombyliidae

105mm 1/320s f/5 ISO100

What's New

Taken on a lunchtime wander, and makes a change from the numerous blossom/flower shots...

105mm 1/200s f/2.8 ISO400

Colour Pop

Not usually a fan of this technique, but in this case it improved a standard snapshot.

50mm 1/8000s f/1.8 ISO100 -1ev - selective de-saturation

Flower Power

50mm 1/6400s f1.8 ISO100 +1ev

Squirrel

105mm 1/160s f/4 ISO500 - Cropped

Blossom on the Tree

A few filler shots taken on a luchtime wander

32-85mm f/1.8-f/4 1/320-1/1600s ISO100 +1ev - Cropped

Fly

Not the best time of year for bug hunting, but I still like this shot!

105mm 1/500s f/2.8 ISO100 - Cropped, mono-conversion

Feather

105mm 1/2000s f/2.8 ISO100 - Mono-conversion

Kushka

105mm 1/160s f/4 ISO3200 - Noise reduction

Snowdrops

200mm 1/400s f/2.8 ISO100

Black Swan

After neglecting my general blog for some time I've decided to share an iPhone / Instagram shot. With app's such as Hipstamatic and Instagram becomming so popular over the last year it's fast becomming a valid medium for professional photographers to explore ideas!

Storm

Taken from the side of the road as I drove home, so not the most inspiring composition, but one worth blogging as I haven't posted in a LONG time...

24mm 1/40s f4.5 ISO2000 - Cropped, noise reduction, mono-conversion