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Episyrphus balteatus ovipositing

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Posted by Mark Fellowes on April 9, 2007 at 4:15 PM

Hi

Female marmalade hoverfly ovipositing adjacent to a colony of rose aphids, on a rose bush, oddly enough...

Techs
Nikon D80
Micro Nikkor 105mm VR IF-ED
Sigma EM-140 macro flash fill-in
1/200 @ F11
Levels, curves, smart sharpen in PS CS2

Thanks for looking.

Mark

Posted by Clive_S on April 9, 2007 at 5:44 PM

An extremely well captured behavioural shot.

Posted by David Taylor on April 10, 2007 at 5:15 PM

Ditto the above.Sets the standard for me to aim for.

Excellent.