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Fluff-Balls On Stilts - Bee-flies
e6filmuser
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At this time of the year the Bee-flies Bombylius major appear in my garden. Some pose on the ground, or on leaves close to the ground. Others feed on flowers, Honesty in particular, and some rise vertically, always facing in the same direction, dropping to just above my head height, to repeat the ascent.
These were around on flowering currant, or nearby honesty, when I was trying to photograph black bumblebees. Bee-flies are recognisable by their sword-like proboscis, always full extended forwards.
EM-1, Kiron 105 at f16, twin flash, hand-held.
The images are of various individuals.
Harold
These were around on flowering currant, or nearby honesty, when I was trying to photograph black bumblebees. Bee-flies are recognisable by their sword-like proboscis, always full extended forwards.
EM-1, Kiron 105 at f16, twin flash, hand-held.
The images are of various individuals.
Harold
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Thanks, SB.
I forgot to mention that the highlights on the hairs used to give quite severe pixel overload with my EP-2 but the EM-1 seems to cope much better.
Harold
Brian V.
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Thanks, Brian.
I have shot similar ones before, some with pollen on the proboscis. Pixel overload colours made them less good than the present set.
I have just posted an Andrena image here:
http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?p=2031018#post2031018
Harold
I have traced one, a daylight exposure at ISO 400, having failed to get results the previous day at ISO 100. I was quite pleased with it at the time (2012) but would probably reject it now.
Olympus E-P2, Elmarit 60mm macro, ISO 400, hand-held, all cropped by over 50%:
Coming in to land:
Harold