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Mid Air Combat

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Posted by Dale Sutton on July 30, 2010 at 3:24 PM
Mid Air Combat
Today I was photographing wasps in flight, something I have already done in the past. I had a Nap weed that I dunked in sugar water and then the wasps came within minutes.
I have noticed in the past when hover flies came in the wasps would chase them off and on some ocassions if they cought them they would take them to the ground and sever there heads off and the fly off with them, I presume back to the nest.
Today I cought one in action as it grabed the Hover fly, so that is what im posting.
5d mk2
100mm macro
iso 100
f/16
shutter 1/200
high speed flash duration 1/20,000 sec

Thankyou for you comments on my last post.

Dale
Posted by John Robinson on July 30, 2010 at 3:30 PM
Incredible ! They don't get much better in this sort of photography.
JR
Posted by David Taylor on July 30, 2010 at 3:38 PM
Superb. I've managed a wasp with an aphid, but nothing like this. thanks for the advice on my shot. :wavey: :smile:

:toast: :toast: :jump:
Posted by Karen Summers on July 30, 2010 at 3:46 PM
what a fasinating tale you have told, it just goes to show if you watch nature so close and for long enough you get to see allsorts, something I never knew happened so very interesting and great image
Posted by Shaun Simpson on July 30, 2010 at 3:56 PM
Another stunning image, excellent :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Rob Fisher on July 30, 2010 at 4:06 PM
Wow. Fantastic image Dale.
Posted by Matt Cole on July 30, 2010 at 4:08 PM
blimey Dale, that's incredible. If I understand your set-up correctly, the wasp presumably happened to catch the hover fly just in the right place for it to trip the beam and hit the place of focus? It's an astonishing image.

Matt :toast:
Posted by Ian Macdermott on July 30, 2010 at 6:21 PM
Hi Dale

one of the best you have posted superb :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Scott Tilley on July 30, 2010 at 6:23 PM
Hi Dale, I don't know how you manage it, although I could probably get close to this but only by dipping the wasp and hoverfly in sugar water then securing them to a very thin twig! :biggrin:

A really stunning shot and all the better for the behavioural information.

Scott
Posted by Andy Snape on July 30, 2010 at 8:47 PM
Brilliant Dale, and some good info to go with it. You keep raising your own bar, what next?? :smile:
Posted by Bertl Menegoni on July 31, 2010 at 1:29 AM
Amazing shot Dale, congratulations
:toast: :toast:
Bertl
Posted by Brett Lewis on July 31, 2010 at 3:52 AM
That is pretty awesome Dale.. Really well done.. :toast: :toast:
Posted by Justin on July 31, 2010 at 5:44 AM
A most impressive and interesting shot. Good to hear the story behind it too. :cool: :toast:
Posted by Jeff Harrison on July 31, 2010 at 1:14 PM
All been said really - just superb :toast: :toast:
Posted by Barry Southon on July 31, 2010 at 1:22 PM
Dale

Now this is the Bees knees what a cracking capture. Thanks for sharing.
:wink:
Posted by Austin Thomas on July 31, 2010 at 3:42 PM
That is a belter Dale,

Excellent work.

Cheers

Austin
Posted by Dave Bartlett on August 1, 2010 at 5:29 AM
All been said, but fantastic shot. Can we have the beheading bit too? :toast:
Posted by Marcus Conway on August 1, 2010 at 7:44 AM
Absolutely fantastic Dale, well done! :toast:
Posted by Marcel van Duinhov on August 1, 2010 at 5:08 PM
Amazing action, i like it very much.

Marcel van Duinhoven
Posted by Ian Haskell on August 4, 2010 at 4:24 PM
Fantastic.

Ian