New hoverfly for me

Lord Vetinari

Not spotted this one before- another small dark hoverfly but with 2 yellow spots at the top of the abdomen- about 7.1mm body length. ID'd by WAB site as Pipiza bimaculata.

Brian v.

Paul Iddon

Cool. Great images.

I haven't seen anything like this up north...

Paul.

urte

what gear do you use, its really good

Lord Vetinari

Thanks for the comments
Urte - taken with a 40D camera, MPE-65 lens, 430 ex flash bracket mounted with diffuser. All the shots are focus stacked for greater DOF.
Brian V.

Quietlight

Hi Brian

Did you use rails or shift focus? Either way, I'm amazed you can work so fast with a live speciman. Daringly good!

urte

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Thanks for the comments
Urte - taken with a 40D camera, MPE-65 lens, 430 ex flash bracket mounted with diffuser. All the shots are focus stacked for greater DOF.
Brian V.

handheld?

Lord Vetinari

Quiet light and Urte - these are sort of handheld.
The first shot was taken using a pole to help stabilise the camera (hold the pole in the left hand with a bit of camera). This hoverfly was very docile and I managed to cut the leaf it was sitting on and placed it on a sun chair for the other two shots. This meant I could lean on the sun chair or rest the lens on the sun chair for the other 2 shots. I focus between shots by moving the camera.
Brian V.

blacksmith

Beside your amazing shots, I really love your shooting experiences that you share to us. Thanks Brian.

mehampson

Great shots. And it's always weird to me seeing animals with hair growing on their eyes

canon400d

mehampson wrote:

Great shots. And it's always weird to me seeing animals with hair growing on their eyes

Really brilliant Brian and well done.
Regards
Bob

Lord Vetinari

Thanks for the comments all
Brian v.