Urban fox

Strumming by the sea

Lepidoptera

A selection of moths and butterflies I have seen this year.



Mother of pearl moth - Pleuroptya ruralis



Small Tortoiseshell - Aglais urticae



Small skipper - Thymelicus sylvestris



Painted Lady Butterfly - Cynthia cardui



Speckled Wood butterfly - Pararge aegeria

Miscellaneous

Some random shots I've taken recently

Insects

I have been doing a lot of insect photography this Summer making use of my remote Nikon sb-200 macro flashes. It is amzing the detail and colour you see when you are able to get really close.



Green Shieldbug - Pulomena prasina



Muscidae - Helina sp.




Sarcophagid fly caught by garden spider - Araneus diadematus

Cornwall Summer 09

Spent two weeks in Cornwall this Summer. The weather was terrible the first week with rain every day, the second week was far better and I was able to take a few photos.

New macro lens

To celebrate my last AS exam I bought myself a Tamron 90mm f/2.8 macro lens. I am really liking it, its a lot easier to use than a reversed 50mm lens which I used previously to get mcaro shots.

I have only had the lens for a few days, here are some of the photos I have taken with it:

Middlesex v Leicestershire

I went to see Middlesex play last week at Southgate's Walker ground. I saw the last day which was not particularly exciting with the game finishing in a draw, but it was good to see Strauss and the young Australian Hughes.



This is 19 year old James Taylor who scored his first county championship century, finnishing with 122 not out.



Phillip Hughes who will be playing for Australia in the Ashes this summer.



Andrew Strauss bowled the final over of the day before the game was ended at 5:30 with no result possible.