First hoverfly of 2015

Lord Vetinari

First hoverfly of 2015- a marmalade hoverfly.
Brian V.

smithwith3fs

Fantastic! How do you manage to get the hoverflies to stay so still? I guess you work very quickly - do you use a hand held flash as part of the setup??

Stumblebum

#2 is favorite! The water in front of it has no glare and perfect focus and light!
#4 just because no one gets this close and this sharp and unique treat we get routinely.
Same goes for the last one!
Cheers!

Lord Vetinari

Thanks for the comments Nigel and SB - appreciated :

Nigel. A slight bit of cheating going on here. The liquid in front of the hovers is sugar/honey solution which they like feeding on. This keeps them nicely occupied whilst you take the shots.
The flash is bracket mounted with the camera see pic below

Brian V.

smithwith3fs

Thanks for the reply, I shall remember that trick for a little later on in the year! Cheeky butterfly as well.

Yes I was looking at Phil's set up on the (front) tutorial page and you both have much the same it seems.

Do you find it easier with the angled bracket rather than the straight bracket that Phil uses?

Lord Vetinari

smithwith3fs wrote: »

Thanks for the reply, I shall remember that trick for a little later on in the year! Cheeky butterfly as well.

Yes I was looking at Phil's set up on the (front) tutorial page and you both have much the same it seems.

Do you find it easier with the angled bracket rather than the straight bracket that Phil uses?

The angled bracket just gives me something to easily hold the camera with (ie a handle)
Brian V.