Three hoverflies

Lord Vetinari

Some hoverfly shots from the garden
Brian V.

Awais Yaqub

these are very beautiful

D.Rodgers

Simply amazing Brian..

Just curious do you shoot hand held ?

DaddyO

Jeeeze and gads! Can you get a better shot than these? Micahel

PhilH

No.2 is truly awesome

Skippy

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Some hoverfly shots from the garden
Brian V.

Hi there Brian, I can't wait to have a go at shooting Hoverflies,
they are one bug I do see a lot in the yard.

Did you use the MPE-65 for this lot ??

Why do bugs need such large compound eyes

The little fella in the first shot looks like he needs a straw for his drink

Beautiful series Brian ..... Skippy
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Lord Vetinari

Awais Yaqub wrote:

these are very beautiful

Thanks Awais- assume you see these in Pakistan ?
Brian V.

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D.Rodgers wrote:

Simply amazing Brian..

Just curious do you shoot hand held ?

Thanks Dave

Not quite handheld- I use a pole. Used to use a plastic coated bean pole, now I use a deluxe 4 section collapsible tent pole . I grip the pole in my left hand and just hold or rest the camera on/with the same hand.
You can see me using it in the pic below with just as a coincidence, 2 bean poles being used as bean poles in the BG.
Brian V.

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DaddyO wrote:

Jeeeze and gads! Can you get a better shot than these? Micahel

Thanks Daddyo

Can always do better

Brian V.

Lord Vetinari

PhilH wrote:

No.2 is truly awesome

Thanks Phil- pleased you like it

Brian V.

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Skippy wrote:

Hi there Brian, I can't wait to have a go at shooting Hoverflies,
they are one bug I do see a lot in the yard.

Did you use the MPE-65 for this lot ??

Why do bugs need such large compound eyes

The little fella in the first shot looks like he needs a straw for his drink

Beautiful series Brian ..... Skippy
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Thanks Skippy

Yes by coincidence they were all with the MPE-65 although many were shot close to 1:1.
Suspect the large eyes is something to do with regular flight as most non regular flyers seem to have much smaller eyes.

Brian V.

BigAl

Super set Brian - I really like #2, just a pity you chopped his bum off

banjon

Excellent shots. #2 and the last one are incredible.

I like them all. Wish I could get that good someday.

How long have you been into macros?





Rich

RogersDA

Nice ones, Brian.