Leaf cutter bee stocking a nest in fence post bolt hole. Tripod mounted and manually pre-focused. Several shots until one was in focus! Canon EOS 6D with Canon 100mm Macro lens, hotshoe-mounted Canon 430EX II speedlight set to High speed sync, ISO 800, 1/4000-sec at /8.0
It was weird as I had never seen one before. I was speaking to my neighbour who was telling me they had taken over his unused greenhouse. Then ten minutes later I noticed this one on my patio!
This fox has been coming into our garden since late spring, I managed to snap him/her a couple of times. It must be an ok area for it as it seems to be thriving.
Thanks, the last one caught me out as the fox disappeared for a few seconds and then came out with the unfortunate magpie in it's jaws running pretty fast. I had to quickly raise camera again and hoped for the best, not great quality but at least I have a record of it.