Poor Hoverfly

ColMofed

I decided to see what I could find in the back garden this afternoon instead of walking to the park. This was my first time shooting here as its not a very inspiring place. That's now changed

This poor hoverfly had a broken wing and was crawling around on a dandelion bud. It seemed more concerned with feeding from this than trying to fly off (although it did try a couple of times). Maybe it excepted its fate and decided to have a good feast.

Eventually it crawled down the stem about half way before dropping to the ground. The last I saw it was heading off towards the pond at the bottom of the garden.

Rod.







Cropped slightly for composition.






His best side.

Lord Vetinari

Lovely series of shots- Sometimes see this in flying bugs where one or both the wings are not expanded properly,
Brian V.

MichelleL

Love them all - but the last one made me smile as it looks like a 'pounting' lip!
I just love their eyes!

Skippy

ColMofed wrote:

I decided to see what I could find in the back garden this afternoon instead of walking to the park. This was my first time shooting here as its not a very inspiring place. That's now changed

This poor hoverfly had a broken wing and was crawling around on a dandelion bud. It seemed more concerned with feeding from this than trying to fly off (although it did try a couple of times). Maybe it excepted its fate and decided to have a good feast.

Eventually it crawled down the stem about half way before dropping to the ground. The last I saw it was heading off towards the pond at the bottom of the garden.

Rod.

How photogenic is this little guy
Beautifully done, like portraits, and that last one does look like he is pouting nice looking little guy too.

Great captures Rod, did you use a flash with these? .... Skippy
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teamracephotos

Bet that made you smile!
It did for me!... Great series! It’s hard to explain to people the enjoyment we get from spending this much time hunkered down with a BUG. Glad we have this place to share them.

tlee

teamracephotos wrote:

It did for me!... Great series! It’s hard to explain to people the enjoyment we get from spending this much time hunkered down with a BUG. Glad we have this place to share them.

GOLDENORFE

nice series Rod, good lighting.
phil.

ColMofed

Thank you everyone. This is my crowning achievement so far and I'm glad you like them - but probably not as much as me.

Brian - do you mean that the wing/s don't expand when they wake? And if so, do they ever expand fully?

Michelle - I never noticed that but I can see it now

Skippy - yes, I use flash. I use the same setup as described in Brians tutorial but with a Novaflex flash bracket, and Ive upgraded to two sheets of kitchen towel.

MM - Oh yeah. My face was aching by the time I'd finished sorting through the sixty or so images. If he'd stayed on the bud I would have probably ended up with a full memory card

tlee & Phil - thanks guy's. The lightings really nothing to do with me, well, what I mean is, I'm still trying to get my head around flash.


Thanks again,
Rod.