Hornet

[Beatsy]

Sony A9+90/2.8 macro - 1/200th, f/4, ISO 500. Handheld in bright sunlight with a cheap white studio umbrella to shade it (it diffused the direct sun and blocked some of the breeze).

[MarkSturtevant]

Very nicely done! I have that sort of umbrella,and I should use it!
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Mark Sturtevant
Dept. of Still Waters

[dunksargent]

Very effective lighting for a super image

dunk
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And now for something completely different.

[Beatsy]

Thanks for the comments folks. Just for 'full disclosure' the above is a crop from this larger image. Given the forum, I cropped in for more detail on the subject, but I prefer this version (which is also a slight crop from the original shot).

[rjlittlefield]

Very pretty images!

BTW, there's no problem with the second shot. The forum is named "Macro and Close-up" to give some leeway for situations like this. There's no brightline criterion for what's acceptable, but historically we've been pretty tolerant of anything with a subject frame under 6" wide, except for commonly (over-)worked subjects like hummingbirds and faces of babies. Smaller is better of course. This image strikes me as being more in the 3" range so that's a comfortable fit.

--Rik

[Yawns]

I prefer the less cropped image too...
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