A small cold hoverfly

Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
edited April 11, 2013 in Holy Macro
Spotted this hoverfly sitting on a camellia bud the other day. As soon as I started to hold a leaf near the bud, the hoverfly started to stretch towards my finger. I moved my finger a bit nearer and the hoverfly walked on for a warm up before flying back to a camellia leaf and feeding on some sugar/honey syrup.

Brian V.

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Brian V.
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Comments

  • DaddyODaddyO Registered Users Posts: 4,466 Major grins
    edited April 10, 2013
    Its hard to not be extremely impressed with works like these. You have got some kind of serious steady going on.
    Hand holding a shot tough to do well and you plus many others posting to HM seem to do it with ease. :D Really sets the bar for excellence.
    Michael
  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited April 11, 2013
    DaddyO wrote: »
    Its hard to not be extremely impressed with works like these. You have got some kind of serious steady going on.
    Hand holding a shot tough to do well and you plus many others posting to HM seem to do it with ease. :D Really sets the bar for excellence.

    Thanks :)
    Not so hard when using flash to give high effective shutter speeds and resting the lens on the left hand
    Brian V.
    Brian V.
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/
    http://www.lordv.smugmug.com/
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