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Recent content by John P

  1. John P

    Pentax Papilio

    Everybody should own a pair of these: just sit in the garden and discover stuff.
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    To drill or not to drill...

    Nooo: ;) ..........the hole in the down-turned section is where the dogclip on my shoulder strap attaches.
  3. John P

    ID please...

    Bearded tit, juvenile.
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    To drill or not to drill...

    Done now, and no large holes. :t:
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    To drill or not to drill...

    That's not going to happen Dave. My mind is made up now anyway.:king:
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    Dragonflies .... help!

    You don't say what size macro lens you are using but I think you'll find that quite a lot of people do use longer lenses for dragonflies, the sigma 150mm is very popular. Until I managed to snaffle a Sigma 180 on Ebay very cheaply I used to use a canon 100-400 (at about 200mm) with a 30mm...
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    Birding in July & August

    This time of year? Too quiet for birding (for me) - chase dragons .;)
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    To drill or not to drill...

    The next wet day I'm free I'll be in the garage with the drill and taps, I don't have any roll pins but I do have bolts, I had thought of threadlock but I want to be able to remove it easily with (at most) one screwdriver; this caveat works for both roll pins and threadlock. I've convinced...
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    Comment by 'John P' in media 'Common Darter'

    My thanks to you all.
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    To drill or not to drill...

    ...that is the question. I've made a small bracket which screws into the socket on the tripod ring of my Sigma 180 macro. The bracket allows me to attach the camera to either of the two straps I use and to attach a monopod to the bracket at the correct position as regards balance. The whole...
  11. John P

    A Toulouse Odonata

    Female.
  12. John P

    Grasshopper/Cricket beastie

    Thanks Bob², with a name to go on and having looked at a few more pics I'd say that's as close as I'll get. I note that as a species it's very variable in colour and this is probably why I struggled to find an ID myself whilst looking through various websites yesterday. I see one website lists...
  13. Common Darter

    Common Darter

    A break from the rain, a bit of sun and out they come.
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    • common darter
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    • Category: Invertebrates
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    Grasshopper/Cricket beastie

    Came across this wee beast yesterday, if anyone can help with an ID I'd be grateful, pics are not the best but it was an awkward little b***** to get at.
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    Comment by 'John P' in media 'Hover fly'

    Thank you.
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