Eristalis, Syritta Pipiens, Helophilus and a colourful little moth.

IPClark

I think it's Eristalis, it could be Myathropa but can't see the main markings and can't remember them



Syritta Pipiens - I rather like the BG on this one.




For the next two images, I take no responsibility if you require corrective surgery to repair blown out retinas. Vibrant pink flowers and flash are not my forté and believe me, the pinks have been toned down in these






And finally, this rather colourful little mint moth that was flitting about. About 10mm across.

Pyrausta aurata or purpuralis perhaps? It certainly fits a Mint Moth description which would make sense as we do have some mint in the garden.

Lord Vetinari

Wonderful series Ian - lovely colours and light
Brian v.

IPClark

Thank you Brian. It's a great feeling when things start to fall into place with regards to light. I've been using that softbox for a couple of years now and I was never perfectly happy with it. All it took was a sheet of styrofoam packaging inside it to help improve it immensely. There are still a lot of things that can be improved of course. In due time . I want to avoid that trade off where the light is wonderfully soft and hot spots are completely eradicated but everything looks really dark. At the moment, I seem to have a lovely balance