My first love is macro photography. I use a Nikon D500 camera with a Nikon 105mm lens plus a Nikon 1.4X teleconverter, which equates to a 150mm lens.

My favourite subjects are butterflies and odonata (dragonflies and damselflies), because I find them the most beautiful of minibeasts. However there are many other small subjects worth photographing, such as moths, beetles, bees and wasps, spiders, flies, hoverflies, flowers, fungi and leaves.

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My goal is to portray the beauty of the natural world. To this end I seek to ensure the subjects are sharp and well lit, well positioned in the frame, and all the wonderful details such as wing patterns and eyes are clear. I also try to create a pleasingly out of focus background, known as 'bokeh' - a Japanese word meaning blur.

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