Natural light hoverflies

Lord Vetinari

Some shots of hoverflies taken under light cloudy conditions.

Brian V.

Jet

nice series! I like how you have captured that other tiny bug in #1. I've just been getting into this kinda stuff and it seems like you are getting quite a bit bigger dof than me (see my last post in this forum).. How can I get this? How far do I close down the aperture?

Reeflections

Absolutely incredible!!

What lens are you using?
How are you getting so much DOF?

Lord Vetinari

Thanks for the comments

Taken using an MPE-65 lens which does from 1:1 to 5:1 without additions. I don't tend to shoot smaller than F11 at 1:1 to avoid diffration softening- most of these shots were wider than that as I was using Tv mode. The DOF in some is exaggerated by me using focus stacking.

Brian V.

Jet

wow.. 5:1 !
how do you do focus stacking on a moving subject?

Lord Vetinari

Jet wrote:

wow.. 5:1 !
how do you do focus stacking on a moving subject?

You ned to take the shots very quickly - mosy bugs do stay still for brief moments

Brian V.

canon400d

Lord Vetinari wrote:

You ned to take the shots very quickly - mosy bugs do stay still for brief moments

Brian V.

Once again Brian a real pleasure to look at. The clarity in them all is really first class.
Regards
Bob

Reeflections

Lord Vetinari wrote:

You ned to take the shots very quickly - mosy bugs do stay still for brief moments

Brian V.

Was there any refrigeration involved?

Lord Vetinari

Thanks for the comments

Reeflections - no I don't like doing things like that- kinda cheating. Will admit doing it once to a wasp a few years ago.
Brian V

Reeflections

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Thanks for the comments

Reeflections - no I don't like doing things like that- kinda cheating. Will admit doing it once to a wasp a few years ago.
Brian V

So glad to hear it. Now I'm even more impressed. bow

MichelleL

wonderful series - I also like how you got the other insect in shot number one as well. Beautiful yellows. Very inspiring.

Lord Vetinari

Thanks Michelle
I didn't see the other bug in #1 until I was looking through the viewfinder
Brian V.

Skippy

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Some shots of hoverflies taken under light cloudy conditions.

Brian V.

I've seen very few Hover Fly's around here lately Brian,
maybe because we are heading into Winter.

Missed an opportunity to shoot a Praying Mantis the other night
heard this almighty banging on the sliding door, looked out,
and here's the cat climbing up the flywire door

I turned the light on and about 6 inches in front of her is a baby Praying Mantis running up the door,
and she was trying her darn hardest to catch it

So I lifted the cat off the door, went back out and caught the Mantis,
and let it go in a small plant off the deck, away from the cat

It was way too late to be thinking about taking photos.

Another great series Brian ... thanks for sharing ... Skippy
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