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Hummingbird Hawks – no frills hi-speed flash. PHD

Perhaps I was a little hard on Buddleja in my comments about its ubiquity in butterfly shots. The truth is that there is nothing to compare with it as a nectar source for butterflies and other insects in high summer. … Continue reading

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The Phototrap™ PHD.

My apologies for the length of this review of the Phototrap ™ but I am well aware of the fact that pennies have to be counted for many of us so I won’t review something superficially and never before using it extensively.. Getting an infrared (IR) trigger seemed to me a way of minimizing my impact on the other occupants of our home since we take the attitude that we are just a part of the history of this place. An internet search came up with a site run by Bill Forbes who has devised, built and perfected the Phototrap ™ a robust IR trigger and I was instantly grabbed by the superb photographs of hummingbirds and bats in flight Continue reading

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