@macro_action

Bombus lucorum.
White tailed bumblebee
Nikon Z8 and Z 105mm macro
SS1/3200 F10 ISO3200

I get just as excited as a birder when I realise that I’ve shot a new species that I haven’t before. This hoverfly is Cheilosia bergenstammi a type of Blacklet.
Nikon Z8 and Z 105mm macro
SS1/3200 F10 ISO3200

Ammophila sabulosa is a little bit Fabulosa!
Red-belted Sand Wasp
Remember it’s not what lens you use, it’s how you use it 👌🏿.
Nikon Z8 and Nikon Z 400mm V/R
SS1/3200 F9 ISO2500

Sister Sedge?
I (think) this is a female Sedge warbler
Canon R5 and 600mm f4L IS ii usm
SS1/3200 F4 ISO1250

What’s the difference between a butterfly and a moth?
Canon R5 and 100-400mm L IS USM
SS1/3200 F6.3 ISO320

My first proper test in the sun for an hour yesterday with my new 50-200mm f2.8 on the OM1 mkii. To say I’m impressed with the lens and teleconverters combined for all around wildlife is an understatement but I’m really pumped for the macro flight capabilities 😍👌🏿
3:lens only, 1+3/: tc 1.4x, 4: tc 2x

Hanging
I know people hate teleconverters but I am I true lover of them when the time is right for them 👌🏿
Canon R5 and 400mm f2.8 mkii + 2x mkiii tele
SS1/2500 F6.3 ISO1000

This was just the warm up 😂😂😂

My first bee of 2026 (25.02.26)
Along with 2 or bee and 3 butterfly species along with what would have been my first ever weevil in flight but just missed the focus. Lovely to see what a tiny bit of sun in England can do ☀️
OM1 mkii and 50-200mm f2.8 + mc-14

When you see some beautiful birds of prey(Milvus milvus) on the way home from work
Filmed on OM1 Mkii and 50-200mm + 2x teleconverter (full frame equivalent length 800mm)
#wildlife #nature #redkite #birdofprey #birds

Pollenated
Can’t wait to get some pollen covered bees again this year 🥰
Canon R5 and Sigma 150mm
SS1/3200 F8 ISO3200

Insect and bird photography training

That tail.
I really need to push myself to get closer to this Gasteruption Jaculator so I can get more of the face but it’s so tempting to get everything including the ovpositor in as well, think of it like intentionally clipping the wings of a bird lol.
Nikon Z9 and Z105mm
SS1/3200 F9 ISO1250

Left handed cameras 🤔

Get in there!
A little bit of wider shot today as the flower makes this one 👌🏿
Canon R5 and Rf 100mm
SS1/2500 F5.6 ISO3200

Wing span (but can’t display how I want in here 🤔). Red Kite / Milvus milvus
Canon R5 and Canon 100-500mm L IS
SS1/2000 F9 ISO1600

Oddjob!
I think this is a Pellucid Hoverfly / Volucella Pellucens but feel free to correct me if I’m wrong please. Location RSPB Fowlmere North Hertfordshire and taken in July
Canon R5 and Sigma 150mm mki
Natural light and handheld
SS1/1250 F8 ISO3200

Open the lips and poke out the tongue, look out nectar here I come!
Of the absolute thousands of bee in flight shots I have it’s very rare that I get one with the Maxilla open (and I think I only have one where you can see it all open and the tongue)
Nikon Z9 and Sigma 150mm
SS1/2000 F6.3 ISO3200

Did you know the Ivy bee was only recorded in the UK in 2001?
Colletes Hederae is a solitary bee that emerges between September and November to coincide with the flowering ivy hence the name Ivy bee.
Nikon Z9 and Z 105mm macro
SS1/3200 F9 ISO2500 natural light

Little egret dragonfly chasing

Genus Miltogramma?
Please tell me I’m right for once 🤣
Found in Walthamstow London
Nikon Z9 and Z105mm macro
SS1/5000 F10 ISO2500

Bullet point!
I found this wasp in Costa Rica and would love to have had more than this brief 10 second encounter
Canon 100-500mm L series Focal length 254mm
SS1/1250 F5 ISO3200

Overcoming your fears!
#photography #wildlife #nature #macro #insects

The look
I can’t wait for the shorties to return to my area now that I actually have a lens I can shoot them with again 🤩🤩
Nikon d850 and Sigma 500mm F4 sport
SS1/1250 F5.6 ISO5000

Mini but Mighty
Can anybody identify this wasp (I think lol) for me please?
Nikon Z8 and Z 105mm macro
SS1/3200 F10 ISO2500

Backdraft
OM1 mkii and 90mm macro +1.4x tele
Can’t wait to see what shots I’m going to get with the 50-200mm plus teles
SS1/2500 F5.6 ISO2000

Beetle Juiced!
Did you know that 40 percent of all insects belong to the Coleoptera order better known as BEETLES!
That means that one fourth of all animal species on earth are beetles 🤯
Nikon Z9 and Sogma 180mm f2.8 (the beast!)
SS1/4000 F7.1 ISO3200

To catch a King.
Om1 mkii and 50-200mm + mc14 teleconverter
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SS1/6400 F4 ISO640

Thank you and I KNOW 😂😂🥰🥰👌🏿👌🏿

Rolly Poly
Rolling shutter on the wings and a rolled up tongue lol.
Canon R5 and Sigma 150mm plus life size converter.
SS1/4000 F8 ISO3200