UKs Most Beautifull Fly

GOLDENORFE

first time i have seen this species-Phasia hemiptera ,a male tachinid fly.
shot by river severn in shropshire

A MIX OF NATURAL LIGHT, FILL FLASH AND FULL FLASH SHOTS:D
all 400 iso

PHIL

#1 NATURAL LIGHT



#2 FULL FLASH



#3 FILL FLASH



#4 FILL FLASH



#5 FULL FLASH

DonRicklin

For a fly, that is quite beautiful!

Don

GOLDENORFE

thanks Don, especially for the uk

more at home in australia,
looks like a cross between different species

paddler4

Beautiful shots.

A maybe basic question: how did you make #2 full flash? kuso shows the same settings for both #2 and #3.

thanks

BeardedChick

Great set of a buxom beauty. It's nice to see various lighting choices on the same subject. Phil, which lighting do you prefer?

Lord Vetinari

Excellent series of a wonderful looking fly - certainly not seen this before !
brian v.

clicketf3

He is quite pretty for a fly. Like them all.

PeterD-2009

Great shots Phil. This is the male Phasia hemiptera(a parasitic fly). The female does not have the great wing form of the male. I saw my first of these over the weekend but unfortunately they were all female:cry.
They are found and the edges of woodland, in clearings.

Thanks for sharing these Phil. You have reminded me that I still need to find the male.

GOLDENORFE

paddler4 wrote: »

Beautiful shots.

A maybe basic question: how did you make #2 full flash? kuso shows the same settings for both #2 and #3.

thanks

good question

fill flash is where the exposure on the cameras meter is within 2 stops of metered reading, so only a small amount of flash is needed.
#2 was in shade so full flash used,
#3 is a four frame focus stack , with subject over to one side so more natural light in frame, the exif is from the bottom frame in the stack which only used the back parts of the wings, this frame was actually full flash. the other 3 frames where 1/160 th aperture priority, f7, iso 400.

they all look fairly similar actually.if had used iso 100 for full flash shots background would have been quite dark.

looking at #4 comparing to #5 you can see alot more highlights in the wings compared to the fill flash. the sun was going behind clouds so some shots needed more flash for correct exposure.

i do prefer natural light for larger subjects, flash for more detailed close ups.

does this explanation help you?

phil

paddler4

Phil,

Very helpful. Thanks for such a full explanation.

Dan