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Landing sequence...

Here's a composite of 5 shots that I took recently showing the landing sequence of a Hoverfly.

 

I have always wanted to take a Hoverfly shot with the fly hovering above the flower and my previous attempts have been a thumping failures.

 

This time around I made sure that I had the correct equipment (a strudy tripod) and , patience. Luckily the light was good and the Hoverfly was very persistent and helpful (very lucky me). I took more than 50 shots and was lucky to get at least 15 which had the fly in focus :-) It was challenging try to focus on the fly with a big lens in manual mode.

 

And yes, I have to work some more on my compositing skills...

 

Hope you are all having a great week!

 

My Flowers & Macro set.

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Uploaded on August 3, 2010
Taken on July 20, 2010