Natural light hoverflies

Lord Vetinari · April 26, 2008

Some shots of hoverflies taken under light cloudy conditions.

Brian V.

Jet · April 26, 2008

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 · April 26, 2008

Absolutely incredible!!

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

Lord Vetinari · April 26, 2008

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 · April 26, 2008

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

Lord Vetinari · April 26, 2008

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 · April 26, 2008

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 · April 26, 2008

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 · April 26, 2008

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 · April 26, 2008

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 · April 27, 2008

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

Lord Vetinari · April 27, 2008

Thanks Michelle

I didn't see the other bug in #1 until I was looking through the viewfinder

Brian V.

Skippy · April 27, 2008

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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Natural light hoverflies

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