Let's see your hoverflies!

12 years 1 month ago - 12 years 1 month ago #214661 by dang
Spring Is Here!
Here's a couple I shot today to get started...
[img size=820px] dangphoto.weebly.com/uploads/7/6/4/3/7643166/3989702_orig.jpg [/img]

[img size=820px] dangphoto.weebly.com/uploads/7/6/4/3/7643166/8838542_orig.jpg [/img]

Both taken ISO 200, w/Flash, Canon USM Macro, EF Life-Size Converter (2X), f/8, 1/200th
Let's get it going, and thanks for looking.

Insanity: doing the same thing over, and over again expecting different results. (Albert Einstein)
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12 years 1 month ago #214747 by Baydream
Haven't made it here yet. I'll be on the lookout. Great shots.

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12 years 1 month ago - 12 years 1 month ago #214749 by Screamin Scott
Here's one I got during a warm spell we had in January...

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12 years 1 month ago #214794 by dang
Great shot, Scott. :judge: Looking forward to seeing more soon.
Thanks for posting.

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12 years 1 month ago #214818 by Hussain Al Mousa
I don't have a haverfly yet :D
but I wanna share something old with ya here :P

spotted brown fly :silly:

I am just a guy with a camera...
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12 years 1 month ago #214907 by dang
Nice shot, Hussain. I haven't ran across a similar species of fly as this, but there are some here in the US. Nice work as usual.
Thanks for posting.:cheers:

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12 years 1 month ago #215206 by bs3f
Oh wow, I have never seen a hoverfly before. Interesting insect. :thumbsup:


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12 years 1 month ago #215277 by dang

bs3f wrote: Oh wow, I have never seen a hoverfly before. Interesting insect. :thumbsup:


Thanks bs3f...
A lot of times people who aren't real familiar with insects mistake them for small bees due to their coloration, but they're usually around and shouldn't be hard to spot once you look. As the name suggests, they enjoy hovering around flowers.

To keep it going, and to double check my focusing... here's a 100% crop of the second shot, and then a closer view of one taken with the MPE 65mm lens:
[img size=650px] dangphoto.weebly.com/uploads/7/6/4/3/7643166/701124_orig.jpg [/img]

[img size=800px] dangphoto.weebly.com/uploads/7/6/4/3/7643166/2340672_orig.jpg [/img]

Insanity: doing the same thing over, and over again expecting different results. (Albert Einstein)
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