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Curious Grasshopper Enjoys The Limelight

Macro Fun With A Canon EOS 5D and Sigma 105mm DG Macro Lens

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My previous post about using my Canon EOS 5D camera and Sigma DG Macro lens for the first time prompted me to go into my garden here in the Philippines to see what lurked there for me to immortalise in colourful mega pixels. The afternoon sun was very hot so I had to be very quick as the sweat was running down my forehead and into my eyes making focusing very difficult. Along with my camera I also used a Slik Pro 400DX tripod with it’s legs fully retracted. The Slik tripod is heavy enough to be steady and light enough to lug around in tight places like my small garden. As luck would have it I came across a small grasshopper around a centimeter in length just asking to be framed. I set up the tripod and camera as gently as possible in the tangled undergrowth and managed to get a couple of pics before it took fright and hopped away.

A Dragonfly Poses For First Picture.

The very first picture taken with my new Canon EOS 5D Camera

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This picture was the first I took with my new Canon EOS 5D plus Sigma 105mm DG Macro lens set on auto. I was in lodgings at a farm in South Wales and took the plunge to buy the camera and lens. I was so eager to use it, as soon as I got back to my digs I unpacked the camera and went into an adjacent field where I saw this dragon fly. I got as close as possible without scaring it away and took two shots. When I got back to my room I loaded it to my laptop and was surprised at the detail of the picture.

Native American Dogs In South Wales.

Beautiful Intelligent and Friendly Dogs.

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While working in South Wales a couple of years back I stayed in a guest house called Y Neuadd in the countryside near Llandovery. A really lovely place set in the rolling hills, the owner Sarah had some lovely dogs which she told me were native American Indian dogs. I am trying to contact Sarah in the hope of getting the full story as to how fell in love with such beautiful dogs and how she managed to bring these remarkable dogs from the USA back to the UK.