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I haven\u2019t had much camera time lately, but as I was having my morning coffee and a cigarette in the garden I got an unexpected opportunity to break out my macro lens.<\/p>\n

As you may have noticed from the images on the rest of the web site, I\u2019m not a big macro shooter. When I first started getting in to photography, I would spend hours surfing websites packed with so many amazing macro images of just about anything you can name. I was particularly fascinated with insects and butterflies. After getting my first DSLR and a standard telephoto lens, my next target was a macro lens. I searched around and eventually settled on a Tamron 90mm f2.8. It seemed to be getting the best reviews at the time and everyone was raving about how sharp it was. So I parted with my cash and eagerly anticipated it\u2019s arrival. I made lists of all the great shots I was going to take.<\/p>\n

When the lens arrived, I immediately put it on my camera and set off in to the garden to start taking some of the amazing images I\u2019d seen online. At this point, I got a major reality check. Macro photography isn\u2019t as easy as a lot of the tutorials you find online make it out to be.<\/p>\n

Since then, I haven\u2019t really spend much time trying to shoot macro. Those people that know me will know patience isn\u2019t my greatest virtue. On Sunday morning I decided to give macro another go. <\/p>\n

Whilst wandering around the garden, I noticed something had started to devour one of the rose bushes. On closer inspection I found a lot of what I assumed to be caterpillars busily munching away on a leaf.<\/p>\n

\"Larvae\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I did think it was unusual to find so many caterpillars in the same place, but I though nothing more of it and proceeded to try and get some good macro shots.<\/p>\n

After getting the shots I wanted, I decided to try and identify the type of caterpillar that was devouring the rose bush. After searching numerous websites, I could find plenty of images of caterpillars that were similar, but none that were close enough to be 100% sure. I eventually widened the search and discovered that these are actually sawfly larvae and can strip a rose bush in a couple of days. Needless to say, these little critters are no longer on my rose bush.<\/p>\n

The above shot was taken with the Tamron 90mm f2.8 lens, the shot below is taken with a Raynox DCR250 attached to the same Tamron 90mm lens.<\/p>\n

\"Larvae2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

So lesson learned, persevere and your images will get better. I hope you enjoyed these images. You can find a third image from this set over in the Nature and Wildlife gallery of my portfolio.<\/p>\n

Thanks for stopping by.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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