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Hoverfly on Crap Diet
e6filmuser
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There was not much about yesterday, in spite of it being a warmish, sunny day. So, when I saw this hoverfly landing on sunlit Clematis leaves, I stuck with it.
At first I was annoyed and frustrated because it kept landing on a leaf which had a patch of bird faeces on it. Then I saw that it was constantly feeding on the central, dark part of this crust. So my agenda changed.
The action was on the flat bottom of a leaf with its sides raised, and thus a block to lighting, with the only available view looking more or less straight along the mid vein. I had to move my main flash from its high, lateral position, to lower and more straight ahead. The fill light, in my lens-supporting hand kept getting blocked. So I had to wiggle the latter around a bit. (The technique is patented, so hands off! ).
I nearly forgot: The flavour was Wood Pigeon. I just knew you wanted to know that!
Anyway, here are some which were not rejects.
EM-1, Kiron 105mm at FOV +/- 17mm, twin TTL flash, hand-held.
Harold
At first I was annoyed and frustrated because it kept landing on a leaf which had a patch of bird faeces on it. Then I saw that it was constantly feeding on the central, dark part of this crust. So my agenda changed.
The action was on the flat bottom of a leaf with its sides raised, and thus a block to lighting, with the only available view looking more or less straight along the mid vein. I had to move my main flash from its high, lateral position, to lower and more straight ahead. The fill light, in my lens-supporting hand kept getting blocked. So I had to wiggle the latter around a bit. (The technique is patented, so hands off! ).
I nearly forgot: The flavour was Wood Pigeon. I just knew you wanted to know that!
Anyway, here are some which were not rejects.
EM-1, Kiron 105mm at FOV +/- 17mm, twin TTL flash, hand-held.
Harold
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