This picture was taken back in 2014 on the seafront in Brighton East Sussex. this is one of my favorite people pictures. Had a chat with him and he just loved watching people on the seafront. What would have really made this picture would have been a puff of smoke from the pipe or from the corner of his mouth. I’ve alway known there was something miss. It’s only taken me about 10 years to figure it out.
This lovely female Common Blue butterfly was photographed basking in the sun sitting on a brown seed head at Warnham Nature Reserve Horsham West Sussex.
I think the seed head it is sitting on is from the thistle family? In my opinion in holds nearly as much interest due to its shape and rich shades of brown tones. Which compliments the brown and orange of the underside of the butterflies wing.
The Common Blue is the most widespread blue butterfly in Britain and Ireland and is found in a variety of grassy habitats.
In contrast to the blue male the females upperwings vary from almost completely brown in southern England to predominantly blue in western Ireland and Scotland,
Image info: Camera Nikon D610, Sigma 105mm macro lens, 1/250s F/16 ISO 400. Fill flash.
This colourful guy was captured walking past a brightly coloured shop front in Newport Street London. Was this great timing or just luck? Look at the position of his left hand. It lines up almost perfectly with an item in the shop window. Well I can assure you it was perfect luck!
This image was taken back in 2018, using a Nikon D610 with an AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D lens Camera settings 1/400s F7.1 ISO 200.
This picture of this colourful beetle was taken as it was sitting feeding on a cowslip flower on a bridleway on the edge of Thetford Forest.
For those interested in settings the lens was a Sigma 105mm F2.8 macro lens mounted on a Nikon D610. The image was shot at F16 1/250 ISO 640
The Black and Yellow Longhorn Beetle Scientific name: Rutpela maculate is a relatively large colourful beetle. It’s a common beetle across large parts of Europe and is widespread in the UK. It is black and yellow in colour and has large antennae. They are normal found in woodlands where there are plenty of larvae to feed on.
The adults are most active in warm weather between May and August, they visit a wide range of flower, such as cowslip and hogweed feeding on their nectar and pollen.
The females lay their eggs on fallen trees and branches or rotting stumps. The larvae live within the wood feeding on it for two to three years. After pupating they emerge as adult beetles. Their life as adults is short lived as they only live for a few weeks as adults.
This comb-footed spider was captured feeding on a seven spot ladybird. It had made it’s web between blades of grass and this unsuspecting ladybird got caught in its deadly trap. The spiders bite their prey and inject venom, which immobilizes the prey and starts the process of digestion. The injected venom liquefies it’s prey in order that their stomachs, known as sucking stomachs, can draw in the meal. The Comb-Footed Spiders belong to one of the most diverse (omnifarious) spider families of Europe and the spiders often have a typical spherical body. They are small to medium sized, and often have a shiny appearance. They build irregular webs, which can be roughly divided into two types: a coarse web of interconnecting threads, which run all over the place and a web which has a tightly woven mat in the centre.
