Female hoovering

teva · Post by **teva** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 12:59 pm

She stretched her back legs few time during flight, but i was unable to get clean shot of them. This will have to do.

f18, 1/125, iso200

tnx for watching

jaharris1001 · Post by **jaharris1001** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 1:25 pm

Very cool cathch there,,she looks like she is FLYING!! How did you catch that? She looks like she is really cruising with those leggs tucked,, very cool image

Bruce Williams · Post by **Bruce Williams** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 3:10 pm

I really like this pic. Focus and body detail are excellent and the almost invisible motion blur of the wings perfectly define the essence of "hoverflyness". When we think hover fly, this is how we visualise them.

I don't think I've seen better.

Bruce

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 3:35 pm

Yes, a very excellent picture. Essence of hoverfly, indeed!

How many tries did it take you to get this focused so perfectly??

--Rik

jmlphoto · Post by **jmlphoto** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 5:15 pm

i was trying at some of these this morning, getting that shot is not the easiest thing to do. good job, i hope i can get some one day.

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 5:28 pm

Don't know how many times I have tried this and then just finally gave up or the hoverfly buzzed off. Really a nice shot!

teva · Post by **teva** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 2:02 pm

jaharris1001: I used old Minolta 70-210 f4 lens with +6 closeup. It was early in the morning and fly was hovering very still in the air. It was not really that difficult

Rik: Actually i only took two shots, both came out good...i guess i was very lucky

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 6:01 am

Excellent work Teva, don`t see them like this to often.