Some Hoverfly BIFs

[Lord Vetinari]

Managed to get some reasonable in flight shots today after a couple of days of trying..
Comments/critique welcome
Brian V.

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[bfjr]

great series
like #3 contrast between white flower and hover looks like I reach right in :thumb

[gluwater]

:agree The third is the best. It is the most interesting of them all.

Nick

[Lord Vetinari]

great series
like #3 contrast between white flower and hover looks like I reach right in :thumb:agree The third is the best. It is the most interesting of them all.

Nick


Thanks BFIR and Nick - think I agree #3 is the "cleanest" shot with nice compostion. I was also pleased to finally get a good shot of that particular hoverfly species.
Brian V.

[pathfinder]

:agree The third is the best. It is the most interesting of them all.

Nick


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[Higgmeister]

HI Brian,
Yes, I agree too about #3. But hell, I'd be happy just getting a BIF and focused too. All are nice shots, but #1 has the problem with the stem interfering with the hoverfly and #2 is a bit OOF. The others are sharp but have busier backgrounds. They are good shots, but #3 steals the show here. And you have several good shots of the species. Are bugs your hobby? When I shoot bugs, I'm just happy to get a shot let alone what species it is.

Thanks for sharing,
Chris

[gtc]

[QUOTE=Higgmeister]HI Brian,
Yes, I agree too about #3. But hell, I'd be happy just getting a BIF and focused too. All are nice shots, but #1 has the problem with the stem interfering with the hoverfly and #2 is a bit OOF. The others are sharp but have busier backgrounds. They are good shots, but #3 steals the show here. And you have several good shots of the species. Are bugs your hobby? When I shoot bugs, I'm just happy to get a shot let alone what species it is.

i like #3 also

-re species names:in nature photography it helps if you can correctly identify a species ,as it will help sell it and you will learn something-a very hard thing to do with bugs though as there are so many insects and the differences between them are sometimes very, very minute-a general classification and common name are usually as far as I get-I am currently trying to spot the differences between various different kinds of Myrmecia,the Australian Bull Ant-and it is very difficult,especially as they tend to attack and envenomate you....

[Lord Vetinari]

HI Brian,
Yes, I agree too about #3. But hell, I'd be happy just getting a BIF and focused too. All are nice shots, but #1 has the problem with the stem interfering with the hoverfly and #2 is a bit OOF. The others are sharp but have busier backgrounds. They are good shots, but #3 steals the show here. And you have several good shots of the species. Are bugs your hobby? When I shoot bugs, I'm just happy to get a shot let alone what species it is.

Thanks for sharing,
ChrisThanks Chris, Yes shooting bugs is my hobby at the moment- suspect I will eventually get bored with it (remember I'm retired so have plenty of time). Like youI'm pretty happy when I get a shot in focus without worrying about the composition to much.

[QUOTE=gtc
i like #3 also

-re species names:in nature photography it helps if you can correctly identify a species ,as it will help sell it and you will learn something-a very hard thing to do with bugs though as there are so many insects and the differences between them are sometimes very, very minute-a general classification and common name are usually as far as I get-I am currently trying to spot the differences between various different kinds of Myrmecia,the Australian Bull Ant-and it is very difficult,especially as they tend to attack and envenomate you....[/QUOTE]
Thanks gtc
I've just got a book on British Insects so will probably try to identify them in future but it's not always easy.

Brian V.

[MuskyDude]

As always, these are excellent. Love your use of light. :thumb



AJ

[BigAl]

Brian I have to be a bore and go with everyone else - #3 is superb. :thumb

regards
alan

[Lord Vetinari]

As always, these are excellent. Love your use of light. :thumb

AJ
Brian I have to be a bore and go with everyone else - #3 is superb. :thumb

regards
alan Thanks Muskydude and Alan, Think the light is just the way my rig works- I rather like darker menacing shots most of the time. Was lucky with #3 as it seems the sun made a significant contribution ( the flash is very slightly right of the lens and that shadow in the flower seems to be to the right as well)- must have been the sun rather than the flash.

Brian V.

[Netgarden]

Brian I enjoyed your "in flight" photos so much and appreciate the difficulties achieving that! Inevitably my best focus shots on a flyer is in front of a dead flower or something! lol

No 3 is indeed fabulous! You have to enter that in a challenge or contest!:clap

Thanks Muskydude and Alan, Think the light is just the way my rig works- I rather like darker menacing shots most of the time. Was lucky with #3 as it seems the sun made a significant contribution ( the flash is very slightly right of the lens and that shadow in the flower seems to be to the right as well)- must have been the sun rather than the flash.

Brian V.