Hover Head

Paul Iddon

This hoverfly was sat on a holly leaf this evening, getting quite dark so had to illuminate myself.

There was a breeze but the flash helped keep it fairly sharp. Tripod mounted so camera was steady but the holly was moving all the while.

Cropped it close in on the eye so you can see a bit of the detail in there.

WDYT?


Exif:

Camera Maker: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 550D
Lens: 105mm
Image Date: 2010-08-12
Focal Length: 105mm
Aperture: f/9.5
Exposure Time: 0.0056 s (1/180)
ISO equiv: 200
Exposure Bias: none
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: Manual
Exposure Mode: Manual
White Balance: Auto
Flash Fired: Yes (Manual)
Color Space: sRGB
Photographer: Paul Iddon
Copyright: www.pauliddon.co.uk






Paul.

Lord Vetinari

Lovely portrait Paul
Brian v.

Paul Iddon

Cheers m8

Paul.

Ambrola

Those Hoverflys must be in Europe only. We don't have them in the States. How big are they??
Wonderful shot!!!

Paul Iddon

Ambrola wrote: »

Those Hoverflys must be in Europe only. We don't have them in the States. How big are they??
Wonderful shot!!!

This one is maybe a centimetre long.

Plenty of them in England!


Paul.

Ambrola

That would be half an inch?? Smaller than I thought?

IPClark

Already mentioned elsewhere Paul, cracking shot mate. Super detail.

Ambrola, pity you don't get hovers in the states as they are lovely and compliant. In fact, much of the time it's almost as if they're happy to pose for the photo and will often hover directly in front of your lens or as happned to me recently, landed on the barrel of my lens

GOLDENORFE

very good Paul , i havnt shot any hovers for ages

phil

Paul Iddon

Thanks for the kind comments gentlemen. :ivar


Paul.