First Drone fly hoverfly of 2015 part1

Lord Vetinari · February 13, 2015

First drone fly hoverfly I've seen this year. Feeding on some sugar/honey syrup on a camellia flower. All focus stacked using zerene.
Brian V.

Stumblebum · February 13, 2015

Killer set!

Lord Vetinari · February 14, 2015

Stumblebum wrote: »

Killer set!

Thanks SB

:
Brian V.

GOLDENORFE · February 14, 2015

Spring is on its way

Great series

Lord Vetinari · February 15, 2015

GOLDENORFE wrote: »

Spring is on its way

Great series

Thanks for the comments Phil- you could be right re Spring

:
Brian V.

Tom Foster · February 20, 2015

Amazing shots! How do you manage this? Whenever I try I always end up chasing insects around and never quite getting them to stay still!

Lord Vetinari · February 21, 2015

Tom Foster wrote: »

Amazing shots! How do you manage this? Whenever I try I always end up chasing insects around and never quite getting them to stay still!

Thanks Tom for the comments.

Coldish temperatures and bribery work well together. I'd put some sugar/honey syrup on the camellia flower so the drone was busy feeding and took no notice of what I was up to (as long as I was fairly careful)

Tom Foster · February 21, 2015

Lord Vetinari wrote: »

Thanks Tom for the comments.

Coldish temperatures and bribery work well together. I'd put some sugar/honey syrup on the camellia flower so the drone was busy feeding and took no notice of what I was up to (as long as I was fairly careful)

Ah, very smart! That way everyone is happy too I suppose! Guess you need a very still day too!

Lord Vetinari · February 21, 2015

Tom Foster wrote: »

Ah, very smart! That way everyone is happy too I suppose! Guess you need a very still day too!

Just need it to be sunny for this to work in Winter time. I was actually holding the flower in my left hand and resting the lens on the same hand to stabilise everything. You can see my fingers in #1
Brian v.

Cavalier · February 21, 2015

Great set (as usual). I can't believe these are taken without tripod - you have very steady hands!

Lord Vetinari · February 22, 2015

Cavalier wrote: »

Great set (as usual). I can't believe these are taken without tripod - you have very steady hands!

Thanks Jo - Guess I do have fairly steady hands, But it is actually fairly stable holding the camera one handed- and resting the lens on the hand holding whatever the subject is sitting on. It mechanically links the camera to the subject which is actually a more stable situation than on a tripod for outdoors macro.
Brian v.

First Drone fly hoverfly of 2015 part1

Comments