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Common Bonnets + Fly

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Posted by Fran French on October 4, 2008 at 12:28 PM
Common Bonnets + Fly
Common Bonnet (Mycena galericulata)

I decided to go out early thismorning, before the expected lunchtime rain, that hasn't materialised to much here yet!

I know the dof isn't perfect, I am STILL trying to get to grips with it :redface: However I was pleased with the fact that the scorpion fly (I think) landed on the middle shroom whilst I was taking the shot, and took off just after I clicked the shutter!

40D, 180mm macro,20mm ext.tube,silver reflector,on board flash and hand held diffuser.Tripod mounted and remote used.
1/50,f8,ISO 400, manual focus.

Almost forgot to mention a small crop from top and bottom of the image.

Fran

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Posted by John Robinson on October 4, 2008 at 12:34 PM
Lovely composition on this. That bright green bit behind the middle one grabs the eye a bit though. Cheers
JR
PS
I think its one of the Ichneumon flies
Posted by Paul Inglis on October 4, 2008 at 12:49 PM
Hi Fran,

Lovely image!
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Posted by Bertl Menegoni on October 4, 2008 at 1:30 PM
Fine comp as John said,
lucky meeting, the fly and you,
would like a calmer BG but I know its not always possible
:wavey:
Bertl
Posted by Justin on October 4, 2008 at 2:14 PM
I think a trio of subjects is always a winning combination and it certainly works very well here.
I like the diagonal composition and the insect is an added bonus and a welcome extra element of interest.
Posted by Alan Bryant on October 4, 2008 at 2:16 PM
Very nice image.

Would look great viewed in a book :cool:
Posted by Kim Connolly on October 4, 2008 at 3:58 PM
Hi Fran

I like this very much.

Kim
Posted by David Taylor on October 4, 2008 at 5:14 PM
Excellent image, great POV. The insect looks like an ichneumonid as John says. See

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichneumonidae for information.



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Posted by Fran French on October 4, 2008 at 5:24 PM
Thank you all for your much appreciated comments.

John and David, thanks for the help with the fly ID, and the link.. very useful.

Regards,

Fran :toast:
Posted by Matt Cole on October 5, 2008 at 5:09 AM
that's a nice shot Fran, it reminds me of a similar 'fly on bonnet' shot I took last year. The cluttered background would be my only real nit.

Matt
Posted by PhilH on October 6, 2008 at 4:02 AM
Nice one, bg mentioned but often not a lot you can do...

See you Sat

Phil

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Posted by Brett Lewis on October 6, 2008 at 7:59 AM
Keep up the good work Fran, I have to practice with these myself this year as I don't have any 'at-all' in my library... See you Saturday I hope..

Brett :toast: :toast:
Posted by Greg Hitchcock on October 6, 2008 at 8:02 AM
Hi Fran,

Nice image. I particularly like that the stipes/stalks are different shades.

Greg
Posted by keith mitchell on October 6, 2008 at 3:52 PM
Hi Fran.
A very nice image,wish i knew more about these.

Keith.