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Returning home, I discovered a hornets' nest and returned with the 70-300mm to get some shots but conditions weren't ideal so I had to bin a hundred shots. This later turned out to be a minor problem. Next up was a "might have been" moment. I was following a winged ant and failed to notice a...

Today's session is going to require a number of posts due to the photos which need to be processed. Anyway, I think I have discovered the reason for the huddle by the wasps. It has nothing to do with new queens but rather carries on the good old Irish tradition of a "Barney". Basically, they...

After 2 weeks of virtual non-stop rain, the sun has returned and, to make things better, it is the first day of a week's holiday. After a quick trip out this morning, I had a walk beside the canal and detected some movement in the undergrowth. A rather large Katydid (6 cm long) emerged and...

Dew-covered orb-web.

Third offering.

I was out this morning taking photos for the September assignment and drove past this lake. D3100, 18-55mm 3.5-5-6G VR 48mm, f5.6, 1/1250th sec, ISO 400 AP mode, hand-held.

My second entry. Abandoned canal lock at Rechicourt, Eastern France.

A mass of green, except for 4 little leaves.

Only managed a couple of shots of this guy, with no time to set up the camera, as he was moving fast. Violet Ground Beetle

About 3 months ago a queen moved into a small hole drilled in the wall of the workshop where I work. The workers began building a paper awning over the entrance. It ended up like something out of a sci-fi film but before I could get photos, someone set fire to it. This is the last record I have...

My first attempt at stacking. Slight doubling on a couple of the legs and wings. This is a female Cranefly

Narrow-gauge 0-4-0 at Abreschviller, Eastern France.

My first entry. A narrow-gauge steam locomotive boiler.

Carrying on from yesterday, this incredible photo-shoot presented itself. I've got several shots of this at different focal lengths so I may try stacking when I get the time.

An amazing, calming experience. Just to realise that a wild creature has total confidence in you.

I live alongside a canal and work at a marina about 200 metres away. It would be easy to assume that there isn't much to photograph and yet you would be wrong.This afternoon, I set off just before 2 pm and came across this little chap. Come closing time we came across this character who...

This photo would probably never been posted here had a friend, a keen photographer, not returned from a 3 1/2 month trip on his boat (he left the day my camera arrived). I spent yesterday (Sunday) morning and afternoon looking through the 4000 photos I've since taken to find a selection to show...

Until I took up photography seriously in May I saw little of what went on around me. Now I can spot the tiniest spider from long range. This evening I discovered this little guy sheltering from the rain under a 2cm diameter handrail on a boat. I've decided to do this with two photos as the...

3rd entry Not to be outdone, this is my 1st Quarter moon shot. 300mm f/10, 1/160th sec, ISO 200