The Canal-side Macros

**Bilbo_baggin** · 4th August 2014

Apart from the wonderful darter dragonfly (see "The Darter" upload) - my short walk down the to the canal and back found me getting a host of different insects/bugs. Some I'm not sure of what they are though.

The Cinnabar caterpillar:

A Gatekeeper butterfly:

A common field grasshopper:

A Syritta pipiens hoverfly, and also you can see a mason wasp in the background of the second one:

A Scorpionfly eating his lunch (a small hoverfly didn't survive this encounter):

A shield bug on a fence:

And 3 bugs in one - and I only know the middle one is a picture fly, the other two - I've no idea...

Paul.

**beansontoast** · 4th August 2014

Fantastic again. How do you get them to stay still? Or do you just dive in there and capture them before they fly/hop away?

Brill

**Bilbo_baggin** · 4th August 2014

Originally Posted by beansontoast

Fantastic again. How do you get them to stay still? Or do you just dive in there and capture them before they fly/hop away?

Brill

With bugs you just hope they are still there and in focus when you press the shutter. There are plenty of blurred shots as well, caused by movement of the plants in the wind.

Paul.

**peterc4** · 5th August 2014

great set

**Bilbo_baggin** · 5th August 2014

Cheers peter

Paul.

**chesser** · 5th August 2014

Superb once again Paul, keep them coming...

**dpSparhawk** · 5th August 2014

Paul makes the bugs freeze by dropping his trousers and shouting STOP WHERE YOU FUCKING ARE AND DO NOT MOVE!!!

....moving on.

You're having a lot of fun with that lens mate and getting some excellent images

**supraman54** · 5th August 2014

I agree. I wondered before you got it how you could improve on the excellent shots you were getting on the last one but the new glass is really showing it's worth.. wish the same could be said of my efforts LOL

Goes to prove despite me having the same lens, it's the guy behind it that makes the difference ..

supe

**Bilbo_baggin** · 5th August 2014

Originally Posted by chesser

Superb once again Paul, keep them coming...

Cheers Chesser

Originally Posted by dpSparhawk

Paul makes the bugs freeze by dropping his trousers and shouting STOP WHERE YOU FUCKING ARE AND DO NOT MOVE!!!

..and Ian just fucks them!

...moving on again....

Originally Posted by supraman54

I agree. I wondered before you got it how you could improve on the excellent shots you were getting on the last one but the new glass is really showing it's worth.. wish the same could be said of my efforts LOL

Goes to prove despite me having the same lens, it's the guy behind it that makes the difference ..

supe

Cheers Supe - good to see you think there is an improvement m8.

Paul.