Today I was trying out my Pentax Q with my newly purchased 8.5mm prime lens. The with the camera and lens designed to be so small, the lens suffers a bit from barrel distortion, but it is quickly sorted with lens correction in Lightroom. With a bit of PP I managed shots like these despite…
DetailsA little while ago I spotted a number of wasps chewing wood so I filmed them at 1/4th of normal speed using my Pentax WG-2. I filmed a number of clips and put the best bits together for this video In this video the first clip is at 1/4th normal speed, as is the second.…
DetailsMy garden hedgehog is up to its old tricks of scratch and roll…
A 1 photo post of some grey seals fighting.
Ive had a number of hawthorn shield bugs Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale in my garden recently. This posed for a few photos
DetailsOne of the nice finds in the river on Dartmoor was this Polycelis felia flatworm One of the interesting features of this species is the eyes that it has all the way round the edge of its body.
DetailsPlenty of garden spiders around at the moment, so while in Wat Tyler Park I decided to get a few shots of some with my wide angle and my macro.
A wide angle of a wasp spider from a couple of days ago.
A quick photo of a common lizard on a post in Wat Tyler Country Park
When dipping the river at Bellever on Dartmoor I found a strange looking tube made of sand. I turned out to be the case of a Rheotanytarsus sp midge larva. Sadly it didnt seem to be occupied, but a new one for me anyway.
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