Evening Panoramas at West Cambridge Site

The main purpose of our CCC outing to the West Cambridge site was to explore panorama photography (with kind permission). These were multishots (up to 7) using Fuji X100V (fixed 35mm equiv. lens) handheld and processed in photomerge option in Lightroom. These are in taking order, starting and finishing with the Schlumberger tents 

Lakenheath Dragons

Thursday's hot weather suited the Damselflies and Dragonflies at Lakenheath; I particularly enjoyed the Willow Emerald which were everywhere through the reserve together with Common and Ruddy Darters and Migrant and Brown Hawkers.

Lakenheath Spiders

Spiders were the most numerous invertebrates at Lakenheath RSPB reserve yesterday - with the temperature reaching 30 degrees they were very active with many males trying their skill at mating. Here Araneus marmoreus and Araneus diadematus with a few extra 'portraits'. The garden spider encounter did not end well with the male taking what looked like a lethal bite. Araneus quadratus were less numerous and escaped my lens. 

Cambridge West Site Panorama Evening

Yesterday evening a group from CCC visited West Cambridge site to take panoramas of the buildings. For some of the time I was using my Sony RX100 Infrared-converted camera to do both panoramas and wide angle shots. These are from the jpegs with a profile applied in camera and then adjusted in Lightroom. Not images that would stand up to scrutiny when printed large but great fun playing with the colour palettes as the light sources changes.

 

Lackford Lakes at 30 Degrees

Like us the only insect life active at Lackford yesterday tended to be lurking in the shade and hence difficult to get quality photos but enjoyed the day hunting.