How lockdown helped David Hamilton discover his love for macro photography in a local park.
The detail is intricate on this image of Halyzia sedecimguttata, an orange ladybird
Despite his success, David says Scotland can be a hard place for insect macro photography due to the limited number of insects and the country's climate. And the nation's few insect photographers only have a short window to consistently capture good pictures."I stepped off the plane straight to the hotel, walked outside and looked through the first bush that I came across.Image source,This size spotted tiger beetle, from the USA, was David's top bucket list insect shot in Huntley MeadowsDespite the challenges, David says he probably has photographed and documented more than 1,000 different species from Scotland.
"They're a very difficult partner to try and work with - they're not going to listen to you," he said.
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