Fly on the shed

 Had to get low with my Canon IXUS and point and hope. 

Some macro shots

 Some flower shots from the garden. 

Used a Pentax 50mm lens reversed onto my Canon 5D mkII for 1:1 macro 

Some indoor macros

 Just playing with my macro stuff, trying to work out a good portable light set up using my flash on a ball and socket head on a bracket. A bit loose but doable. The images are a bit underexposed though prior to editing with Snapseed on my phone. 

Some mini beasts

 Been pootling around the house with the macro lens.

A Lacewing, a large black Aphid, a Zygiella x-notata and a Fruit Fly (Drosophila)

Plume Moth

 Spotted on the wall on the stairs. I've been informed its Amblyptilia acanthadactyla (Pterophoridae)

Garden Spider

 This huge female Araneus diadematus has set up her web on my potato plant. It would be rude of me not to get photos...

Some garden macros

 Dug out my macro lens and put on a homemade flash diffuser over the pop up flash. I need to work on it.

The last flower is from a potato plant in the garden!

Jumping Spider

 I so love these little guys 

Lichens!

I spotted lots of these on the concrete fence posts in our garden. Very interesting organisms!

I also noticed marked difference in the colour of the grey lichens when they are wet

Plume Moth

Emmelina monodactyla (Pterophoridae) seen on the ceiling

Tiny spider on Aloe

A pale form of  Enoplognatha ovata (Candy-Stripe Spider), on one of my Aloes.

Canon IXUS

New spider for me

 Was having a little midnight garden safari the other night and I saw a small spider on the fence. I got an ok photo, then the following night I went out again and got a much better shot. The species is Neriene montana, a relatively large member of Linyphiidae (money spiders)

Spring is coming

I took this macro of a daffodil back in 2009 and its getting to that time again.

Daisy Daisy

Took this photo of a single daisy while on a bug hunt with the kids.

Privet Flowers

Privet is a common sight in urban areas as hedging, but how many notice the flowers?
Not only do they look good but they smell good too!
They also produce black fruit that birds enjoy.
Privet is related to the Olive tree but I wouldn't recommend eating those fruits!

Hoverfly on Oak Leaf

He stayed really still while I got up as  close as I could with the macro lens.

Canon 30D + Vivitar 100mm macro lens

Graphite

The business end of a HB pencil at life size using my macro set up on the Canon 30D.
I used my trademark 'urbaniser effect' for extra grit

Queen of the New Year

This is an older photo but I think its appropriate to begin the new year with it.
My Thanksgiving Cactus flowered late the first year it matured, not opening till after Christmas!

Gimme Shelter

A young snail found under a tub in the garden one night.
Canon 30D plus macro lens.

Little Pink Newborn

I took a cutting from my old Thanksgiving Cactus (Not to be confused with the true Christmas cactus) and while it was rooting I noticed this little tiny shoot, less than an inch long, and how pink it was. I had to get pics!
It was a difficult setting as it was in a pot and I didnt want to see the pot in the shot so I had a bit of jiggery pokery to do!
The camera was tripod mounted and with the fading light I took some long exposure shots with the self timer-I had to be quick!

Canon 30D-Cosina 100mm macro lens.