Three hoverflies

[Lord Vetinari]

Some hoverfly shots from the garden
Brian V.

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[Awais Yaqub]

:huh these are very beautiful

[D.Rodgers]

Simply amazing Brian..

Just curious do you shoot hand held ?

[DaddyO]

Jeeeze and gads! Can you get a better shot than these? :thumb Micahel

[PhilH]

No.2 is truly awesome :clap

[Skippy]

Some hoverfly shots from the garden
Brian V.



Hi there Brian, I can't wait to have a go at shooting Hoverflies,
they are one bug I do see a lot in the yard.

Did you use the MPE-65 for this lot ??

Why do bugs need such large compound eyes :scratch

The little fella in the first shot looks like he needs a straw for his drink :rofl

Beautiful series Brian :clap ..... Skippy :D
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[Lord Vetinari]

:huh these are very beautiful
Thanks Awais- assume you see these in Pakistan ?
Brian V.

[Lord Vetinari]

Simply amazing Brian..

Just curious do you shoot hand held ?

Thanks Dave :)

Not quite handheld- I use a pole. Used to use a plastic coated bean pole, now I use a deluxe 4 section collapsible tent pole :). I grip the pole in my left hand and just hold or rest the camera on/with the same hand.
You can see me using it in the pic below with just as a coincidence, 2 bean poles being used as bean poles in the BG.
Brian V.

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[Lord Vetinari]

Jeeeze and gads! Can you get a better shot than these? :thumb Micahel

Thanks Daddyo :)

Can always do better :wink

Brian V.

[Lord Vetinari]

No.2 is truly awesome :clap

Thanks Phil- pleased you like it :)

Brian V.

[Lord Vetinari]

Hi there Brian, I can't wait to have a go at shooting Hoverflies,
they are one bug I do see a lot in the yard.

Did you use the MPE-65 for this lot ??

Why do bugs need such large compound eyes :scratch

The little fella in the first shot looks like he needs a straw for his drink :rofl

Beautiful series Brian :clap ..... Skippy :D
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Thanks Skippy :)

Yes by coincidence they were all with the MPE-65 although many were shot close to 1:1.
Suspect the large eyes is something to do with regular flight as most non regular flyers seem to have much smaller eyes.

Brian V.

[BigAl]

Super set Brian - I really like #2, just a pity you chopped his bum off :D

:clap

[banjon]

Excellent shots. #2 and the last one are incredible. :)

I like them all. :) Wish I could get that good someday.

How long have you been into macros?





Rich

[RogersDA]

Nice ones, Brian.