Damsel Fly Photograph

Look at this gorgeous Damsel Fly with its golden colours!

This photo was taken by a friend of mine (James Billings) who very much enjoys his photography hobby.

He says the mistake many people make when taking photos of insects is they rush towards the insect thinking that if they don't get to it quickly enough then it will be gone.

But insects are very wary of fast things approaching, and will take flight instantly.

The key is to have your camera setup ready for a shot (as much as you can) and to move very slowly into position for the shot. The camera he uses is a Sony Alpha A100.

Patience is the key.

Gravel coated uPVC / Butyl pond liner

Today someone emailed me asking where they could get the gravel coated uPVC pond liner that I use in my ponds stream. When I originally got this for my stream I had found some at my local garden centre, but I must admit that I have not seen it for quite a while now. So when I was asked about it I made it my mission to locate it again!

A quick Google search and a few web sites later I have found it. Not very easy to find, but I first came across this stone gravel lined pond liner in the Oase Living Water site, which is a German company. A bit more digging and I then found the UK section of the Oase web site.

Anyway, you can find more details about the Stone Liner as it is called, and links to the correct section in the Oase web site, on my Build a Stream page.

Oase do 3 sizes of this pond liner, and say....

Stone liner
The perfect solution for edging of lined ponds or also for installing a watercourse.

• The 0.5 mm thick, black PVC liner is treated with a coating of fine pebbles via a special technical process.
  
• Ideal for the natural transition from pond to garden.
  
• We always recommend using normal pond liner under the stone liner, and fixing the edges with pond liner adhesive.

Hope that helps someone!

Cheers
Jim