Posted by Mark Fellowes on April 14, 2007 at 12:33 PM
Hi everyone
This is a slow flying (well I suppose it's all relative) hoverfly. This species is relatively small (I'd guess that they're about 1cm long). The plant in the background is cleavers, to give you an impression of scale for those who are less familiar with this species. I'd been photographing this female ovipositing, and she appeared to be searching for more oviposition sites.
Posted by David Taylor on April 14, 2007 at 4:22 PM
Hello Mark
Great focus on the compound eyes. It is unbelievably difficult (for me anyway) to catch a hoverfly in flight. They seem to sense the focusing lens and move out of the way
I like the positioning of the wings frozen in time.I would like to see the bottom of the image
cropped as I find it slightly distracting, but otherwise a very, very nice image.
Discussion
1 repliesThis is a slow flying (well I suppose it's all relative) hoverfly. This species is relatively small (I'd guess that they're about 1cm long). The plant in the background is cleavers, to give you an impression of scale for those who are less familiar with this species. I'd been photographing this female ovipositing, and she appeared to be searching for more oviposition sites.
Thanks for looking
Mark
Specs:
D80, Nikkor VR 105, 1/200 @ F10, Sigma EM-140 macro flash fill-in.
50% crop; 200 iso
Levels, curves, noise ninja, smart sharpen, in PS CS2
Great focus on the compound eyes. It is unbelievably difficult (for me anyway) to catch a hoverfly in flight. They seem to sense the focusing lens and move out of the way
I like the positioning of the wings frozen in time.I would like to see the bottom of the image
cropped as I find it slightly distracting, but otherwise a very, very nice image.