Mothing but fun
/ in Photography
In my last post I gave a brief overview of the suite of software...
About Marek
My name is Marek and I hail from Cheshire where I spent most of my youth playing football on the streets and wandering for miles across the local countryside unfettered and unafraid.
Entries by Marek
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Post Processing Pt2
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Taking pictures on glass now also gives me the opportunity to carry out minor repairs as well tak...
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Moth Pictures on Glass Pt 3 (Post Processing)
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Following on from my previous post where I compared pictures...
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Moth Pictures on Glass Pt 2 (Comparison)
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After some thought I decided that the best way to show the differences…
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Moth Pictures on Glass Pt 1
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Following successful trips to both Northumberland and Ireland I have gathered plenty of data for...
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The Burren Third Visit
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Our third trip to the Burren planned for two weeks later than our previous one, to keep in line w...
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Shadows and Reflections revisited
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Following on from a previous post entitled ‘Lessons from Ireland’ where I had stuck feet on a pie...
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Ebernoe Common
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Following our howling success in search of the Barred Tooth-striped moth at Seaford Head we decid...
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Seaford Head Nature Reserve
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Although we are not aligned to any organization or moth group we still like to know what moths ot...
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The best laid plans
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It doesn’t matter how much research you do at times as there is always something that comes along...
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It’s so much friendlier with two
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Well my camera arrived back from repair and I must say I was jolly impressed as it was as good as...
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Portugal 2 : DSLR 0
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We had been looking forward to our second visit to Portugal not only to see friends again but eve...
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Lessons from Ireland
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Although a very successful second trip to Ireland, as per my previous post, we did learn a couple...
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The Burren Second Visit
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When we began planning our second trip to Ireland we were hoping to return to the same cottage as...
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Field Equipment
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After the purchase of my teleconverter Field trips took on a dramatic change as it became obvious...
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Bugs
/ in Challenges, Know Your Moths
This post has nothing whatsoever to do with my sons coding ability but focuses entirely on insect...
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Identification
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When Marek first began moth trapping, as I was still working, my main role was recording his catc...
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Teleconverters and Magnifying lenses
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After some experimentation with the macro lens set I had originally purchased for my first Canon...
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Sensor Cleaning
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Following our return from Ireland the task of moth identifications began in earnest alongside the...
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The Burren Pt 1
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It’s seems rather strange having just returned from our third trip to the Burren to be writing a...
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Post Processing pt1
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Post processing or picture editing is something I have been familiar with for quite some time as...
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Website Introduction
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As mentioned in the previous post I was kindly volunteered to write the next step, about how the...
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Focus Stacking
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In 2015 I carried out similar DSLR testing in low light conditions in the moth house, as publishe...
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The Light
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The gradual transition to my new DSLR was a slow process as leaving the comfort zone of point and...
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DSLR
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When we first became mothers, I was told by our mentor that things would become increasingly easi...
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Silver-studded Blue - Rejerrah
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Yet another butterfly in decline is the Silver-studded Blue which is now mainly restricted to are...
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The Foresters of Lewes
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Having walked most paths on the South Downs, from Eastbourne to Beacon Hill, over a period of yea...
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Handling Moths
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Although this post is titled Handling Moths it is not the subject of the photo attached of a Stri...
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Chequered Skipper
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Following our successful trip to Lulworth in search of the Lulworth Skipper we decided to organis...
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Mothography
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My approach to documenting my records was at first quite straightforward adopting the same princi...
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Mill Hill
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Setting a moth trap at your home location encourages moths to visit but only the ones that live i...
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Sparrows Fart
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I have over the past 6 years had a good opportunity to study the habits of house sparrows and my...
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Box Clever
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Some of the moths which settle in and around the trap make their bed and want to lie in it. Outsi...
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Staying Alive
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In order to offer as much protection to moths during capture and release it is first necessary to...
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Let Battle Commence
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The struggle to record moths while the sparrows had young had become somewhat a war of attrition....
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Predators
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My first encounter with the General was rather an innocuous affair although a little surprising a...
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Dissection Dilemma
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Now that the Moth House was fully operational the recording process had become quicker and slicke...
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Photography Introduction
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Back in 2011 my knowledge of photography could have been written on a postage stamp and, like man...
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Equipment Introduction
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Upon completion of the Moth House I then concentrated on the equipment necessary to utilize it in...
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Moth House
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Following the first few deployments of my 160w mercury vapour self ballasting bulb the comments f...
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Moth Reporting Introduction
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Any expectations I had regarding the testing of my new bulb were immediately overshadowed by the...
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Trap Introduction
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Upon the realization that the majority of moths were active only at night meant that I would have...