More images taken with the Venus Laowa 15mm wideangle macro lens

Back in August I posted this review of the Venus Laowa 15mm wideangle macro lens. It's taken me a while to get around to it, but here are a few more images taken with this lens during a couple of early morning sessions in August.

I should perhaps add that my views of the lens haven't changed. I still consider it to be an excellent lens that is capable of taking unique images but it isn't the easiest lens to use. My review above elaborates on these points.

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Common Darter Dragonfly

Six-Spot Burnet Moth

Common Darter Dragonfly

Blue-Tailed Damselfly

Brown-Lipped Snail

Blue-Tailed Damselfly

Common Darter Dragonfly

 Common Darter Dragonfly

and for completeness, here's a Fly Agaric from November

BBC Wildlife Calendar 2016

BBC Wildlife calendars - free each year with the December issue - have adorned the wall of my office for many years. I'm therefore very pleased to have one of my images included in the 2016 calendar. The image is a close-up of a Brown Hawker dragonfly and provides the image for April.

As usual the calendar features some excellent images from photographers such as Andy Rouse, Daisy Gilardini, Stefano Untertheiner, David Tipling, Suzi Eszterhas and Elliott Neep. I'm very honoured to be included in such company.

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