Some winter hovers

Lord Vetinari

Found two hoverflies enjoying a little bit of sun (and some sugar/honey/spirullina mix). Episyrphus balteatus and Syrphus ribesii. In both cases I managed to shade the hovers with my body/camera without disturbing them too much.
#1 single shot, #2 two shot focus stack

Brian V.

A.l.i

amazing shot
I love it
I can call you the king of macro
the most that I love is the sharp detail
keep it brian
best wishes.............Ali

GOLDENORFE

good find Brian, nothing around in the frost here!
phil

Skippy

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Found two hoverflies enjoying a little bit of sun (and some sugar/honey/spirullina mix). Episyrphus balteatus and Syrphus ribesii. In both cases I managed to shade the hovers with my body/camera without disturbing them too much.
#1 single shot, #2 two shot focus stack

Brian V.

The second one is pretty darn neat Brian they're quite ugly looking when they are drinking love the detail in image #2 ... Skippy
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canon400d

Skippy wrote:

The second one is pretty darn neat Brian they're quite ugly looking when they are drinking love the detail in image #2 ... Skippy
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Great shot Brian, I really do like the second one. I don't know where you find them. There has been nothing around here for ages.
Regards
Bob

Lord Vetinari

Thanks for the comments all

Bob - I cheated slightly by spraying a camelia bush with some sugar/honey/spirullina mixture. As long as the bush is in the sun, it seems to attract some bugs.

Brian V.