Image 1: Shield Bug
Image 2: Shield Bugs Mating
Image 3: Cockchafer (Maybug) Larvae
Image 4: Lily Beetle
Rob
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About Me
- Rob Ward
- Cinderford, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
- My name is Robin Ward, I was born and I have lived in the Forest of Dean all my life. I consider myself privileged to live in such a beautiful place. Having a massive passion for all our wildlife I have created a blog as a diary, covering all wildlife. I have also created another blog, dedicated to our beautiful snakes that we have here, in the Forest of Dean. I have been monitoring and surveying areas for the adder and grass snake for many years and will do for the rest of my life. It's not a sin to love wildlife, we need it to survive! Robin Ward
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I am not just a photographer. I have always had and always will have a massive passion for wildlife and nature. When I am photographing wildlife I always put the animal first, if I feel it will be too stressful I will move away. Only when I am satisfied that my subjects are relaxed, will I photograph them.
I work hard with our native snakes, surveying and managing certain areas for them in the winter, so they have a good habitat when they emerge from hibernation in the spring. Over the years I have learned a lot and now I never move the snakes for photography purposes. My photographs you see of the snakes are of them in their natural environment.
Some people ask me how I know so much about certain subjects, like our snakes, wild boar and deer? The answer is simple, my passion for our wildlife is overwhelming and I want to learn as much about it as possible.
My photography is just an extension of my passion, my way of showing others what I see.
I am self taught with everything I know, but it doesn't come easy and it doesn't happen over night! I will carry on learning for the rest of my life through reading, research and practice.
Rob
I work hard with our native snakes, surveying and managing certain areas for them in the winter, so they have a good habitat when they emerge from hibernation in the spring. Over the years I have learned a lot and now I never move the snakes for photography purposes. My photographs you see of the snakes are of them in their natural environment.
Some people ask me how I know so much about certain subjects, like our snakes, wild boar and deer? The answer is simple, my passion for our wildlife is overwhelming and I want to learn as much about it as possible.
My photography is just an extension of my passion, my way of showing others what I see.
I am self taught with everything I know, but it doesn't come easy and it doesn't happen over night! I will carry on learning for the rest of my life through reading, research and practice.
Rob
My pic of 2013. Sow
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Friends & My Favourite Sites
- Andy Rouse
- Ben Locke - Forest of Dean Blog
- Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust
- NARRS
- Scott Passmore Wildlife Photography
- Forest Creations
- Forest of Dean Informer
- HOOF
- Acrylic Prints
- MCanvas Prints
- South Glos Birder
- Bird Identifier
- Art in Nature
- British Wild Boar
- UK Safari
- Gloster Birder
- RSPB
- The Prince's Rainforests Project
- WWT Slimbridge
- BBC Glos - Nature
- Wild About Britain
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Nice bits of macro Rob.
ReplyDeleteRob, grand macro, do you use a reflector or flash?
ReplyDeleteThanks guys. I have got a reflector Adrian, but I normally use flash for this type of work as the reflector doesn't always fit into the places where you need it (too many branches etc).
ReplyDeleteI use the Canon 550EX Speedlight normally, but the pics above were taken using the built in flash, -2 stops.