Hoverfly in Flight

6 years 2 days ago #577686 by G Vernon
Hoverfly
Location: my garden in southern Spain
1/500 / F:11 / ISO: 1400 / FL: 105mm


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6 years 2 days ago #577744 by Kodakevin
Not the easiest insect to shoot! Good shot. Maybe try shooting through the flowers to help increase your compositional layering.

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6 years 1 day ago #577817 by Adam Wilson
Incredible capture! 


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6 years 1 day ago #577871 by Steve Rodriguez
Beautiful composition! 


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6 years 21 hours ago #577956 by G Vernon
I had a few shots from other angles shooting through, but this one was the sharpest of the bunch :-)


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6 years 21 hours ago #577957 by G Vernon
Thanks Adam


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6 years 21 hours ago #577958 by G Vernon
Thank you Steve


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5 years 11 months ago #578579 by Alyssa Briggs
Yeah! This is really beautiful! 


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5 years 11 months ago #581961 by G Vernon
Thank you Alyssa


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5 years 11 months ago #581979 by effron
I like it fine as is, these are pretty small insects....

Why so serious?
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5 years 10 months ago #583648 by G Vernon
Yeah me too, thanks Effron :-)


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5 years 10 months ago #583689 by Kyle Johnson
The timing is impeccable! Awesome patience! 


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5 years 10 months ago #583728 by Screamin Scott
I like it.... Insects in flight are hard to capture. I've got a shot of two Hoverflies mating while in flight. Not as sharp as I would like though. Considering I used an older manual focus macro lens, I was satisfied.

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5 years 10 months ago #584408 by G Vernon
Many thanks Kyle


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5 years 10 months ago #584415 by G Vernon
I find the best method on the Nikon is to use group area AF on small flying insects, i´ve also had reasonable success with hovering dragonflies, they are tough i agree :-)


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