hoverfly Xanthogramma pedissequum

Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
edited June 12, 2010 in Holy Macro
Some shots of the hoverfly Xanthogramma pedissequum - all 40D/Tamron 90mm natural light shots. Seems to have some damage to one eye.
Brian v.

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  • ArrowsmithArrowsmith Registered Users Posts: 60 Big grins
    edited June 10, 2010
    Brian,

    Wow! These are all great shots. I've been using the same lens and your captures really show what the lens will do in the hands of someone who knows what they're doing.

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  • clicketf3clicketf3 Registered Users Posts: 216 Major grins
    edited June 10, 2010
    Nice in flight shots.
  • paddler4paddler4 Registered Users Posts: 976 Major grins
    edited June 10, 2010
    The last and second-to-last are the best, IMHO. I particularly like the second-to-last because you can see the fly tucking its legs while flying.
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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited June 10, 2010
    Thanks for the comments all :)
    Brian v.
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  • GOLDENORFEGOLDENORFE Super Moderators Posts: 4,747 moderator
    edited June 10, 2010
    very good Brian, still havent shot this species.
    very rarely seen up here

    phil
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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited June 11, 2010
    GOLDENORFE wrote: »
    very good Brian, still havent shot this species.
    very rarely seen up here

    phil

    Thanks Phil.
    Seem to get the odd one or two here- at least they are hard to miss !
    Brian V.
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  • Noah212Noah212 Registered Users Posts: 10 Big grins
    edited June 11, 2010
    Did you just spend a lot of time attempting these shots or did you have some trick to getting these kinds of shots? I have tried to get in-flight shots of bugs before and it's very frustrating. Thanks.
  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited June 12, 2010
    Noah212 wrote: »
    Did you just spend a lot of time attempting these shots or did you have some trick to getting these kinds of shots? I have tried to get in-flight shots of bugs before and it's very frustrating. Thanks.
    No I didn't spend a lot of time and the only trick is not to try. I spent about 5mins trying to get into a position where I could photograph this hover sitting on a blade of grass. I did keep on spooking it. Eventually managed a position but sppoked it again - instead of flying off, it hovered around close to me looking for another landing spot so I fired off a sequence of shots. The total time for the shots taken was 1.5 mins.
    So I only take in flight shots when a suitable situation arises, if you actually go out with the intention of getting some in flight shots, you normally just end up chasing bugs all over the place and no decent shots.
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