Tame squirrels and macro fun
Thursday, 5. November 2009, 17:33:47
Yesterday I headed to Raphaels Park a bit later than sunrise in the hope I would avoid the bulk of the dog walkers, which I had some success with. I wanted to avoid the dog walkers so the grey squirrels would be more cooperative and come close, so I could try out my new 100mm pentax macro lens 
I had some success
I had some success
The lens is pretty good for 'non-close ups' too
I still had the sigma 150-500 with me and used it for this mallard
Im still after good shots of the grebes and cormorants.Afterwards I wandered up to Bedfords Park where I found my latest ever dragonfly (by one day later than last year). It was a common darter
I had put my macro lens back on for these shots and couldn't resist a close up of the compound eyes. This is cropped a fair bit but you can see the individual lenses that make up the compound eyes.
And finally I stumbled across this harvestman in the woodland, so I used the flash and got this
Im still working out how to get the best out of my new toy and I can't wait to see what it can do
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