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DaveW

Joined: 04 Aug 2006 Posts: 1702 Location: Nottingham, UK
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Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 11:26 am Post subject: Resurrected Reject! |
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I have not taken much recently so was going through images I had passed over initially and with a crop this hoverfly came out better than I first thought.
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Bruce Williams

Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 1120 Location: Northamptonshire, England
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Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 12:56 pm Post subject: |
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Definitely not a reject Dave. Hoverflies are one of my favourite subjects and IMO you've done a fine job with this one. Focus and exposure on the fly is spot-on, with very fine detail evident from the antenna to the tip of the abdomen. The stigma and stamens just in front of the fly's head seem a little soft, but I've always found bright yellow flowers to be one of the most challenging subjects when it comes to bringing out detail. As it happens, in this instance it helps to highlight detail on the fly's head.
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DaveW

Joined: 04 Aug 2006 Posts: 1702 Location: Nottingham, UK
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Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 1:03 pm Post subject: |
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Flower was at an angle to the camera Bruce as I was trying to line the camera parallel with the insect.
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DaveW

Joined: 04 Aug 2006 Posts: 1702 Location: Nottingham, UK
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beetleman

Joined: 04 Aug 2006 Posts: 3578 Location: Southern New Hampshire USA
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Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 12:43 pm Post subject: |
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I would say it is rather nice IMO and I nice link also  _________________ Take Nothing but Pictures--Leave Nothing but Footprints.
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JoanYoung

Joined: 09 Oct 2007 Posts: 583 Location: South Africa
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Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 1:10 pm Post subject: |
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A beautiful shot this Dave. _________________ Joan Young |
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DaveW

Joined: 04 Aug 2006 Posts: 1702 Location: Nottingham, UK
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Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 1:13 pm Post subject: |
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Evidently the one in the picture is a female then as it's eyes are set far apart?
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rjlittlefield Site Admin

Joined: 01 Aug 2006 Posts: 19546 Location: Richland, Washington State, USA
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Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2007 10:07 pm Post subject: |
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DaveW wrote: | Evidently the one in the picture is a female then as it's eyes are set far apart? |
Dave,
An excellent reference, which I have just now got 'round to reading...
Yes, it definitely seems that you have captured a female. Nice picture!
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