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Mining bee and Hoverfly mimic composite image

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Posted by David Taylor on August 9, 2007 at 6:51 PM
Mining bee and Hoverfly mimic composite image
A composite image of Colletes daviesanus and its hoverfly mimic Eristalis sp. Bee on the right.

Sigma SD14 dslr
Sigma 50mm macro lens
F/8.0
ISO 100
hand held
natural light
RAW adjustment SPP3
Resized cropped and stitched in PS Elements 5

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Posted by Marko Trebušak on August 10, 2007 at 2:29 AM
Interesting comparison. I like vivid colour very much. Only way to improve it would be to photograph both from the same angle.

Cheers,
Marko
Posted by David Kjaer on August 10, 2007 at 4:33 AM
Hi David

I find many of the bees and flies almost impossible to seperate - thanks for sharing!

David :toast:
Posted by Philip Kirkham on August 10, 2007 at 12:36 PM
I agree with David K, thanks for the info and thanks for sharing.
Best wishes
Phil :toast: :toast:
Posted by Sean Bolton on August 10, 2007 at 7:09 PM
Hi David

Excellent quality images for such small subjects. Technically difficult to capture so you have done well here. I like the dual image approach.

cheers

Sean
Posted by Mark Fellowes on August 11, 2007 at 10:34 AM
Really interesting to see those together - definitely worthwhile.

Mark
Posted by Justin on August 11, 2007 at 5:15 PM
Interesting to see the two side by side, thanks for sharing it.
No doubt will prove useful at a later stage when trying to confirm an identification.