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An attempt at a stack (of 14 images taken with my 100mm macro lens, using Zerene stacker) of this dew-laden hoverfly, from a few months ago (18 October 2017).
It's quite wobbly in places! I should have started with something a bit easier ;D
Lucky shoot
Cette Syrphe ,posé sur une brindille ,c'est envolé au moment du déclenchement.....;-)
Song by Trust Company.
Canon R, Kenko#5, Mitutoyo x5
1/8th sec, ISO 100.
Helicon, P.S.
X3 Lume cube Panels.
Mjkzz Ultra rail.
137 shots, @ 20um.
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Can't help but have to smile so much when I watch this happy little piglet jumping through its little piggy life.
It lives in an animal park where they try to save old breeds of domesticated animals which are no more found at modern agricultural economics where more profitable breeds are "in use". We all know how this looks like I think..
It was a great day there, and I will never forget my little piggy friend who loves jumping so much.
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Hoverfly in the garden feeding on our wonderous Thyme that has kept so many creatures going through the summer
A difficult shot to achieve.. (for me.. at least).. not as sharp as I'd hoped.. maybe next time..
HBW..!! Thanks.. for taking a look..
Some of the most interesting birds I have ever seen, are these little treasures of nature..
At my friends house they are spoiled with the best recipe for nectar...
there are so many hovering around and the male's are so colorful...!
I couldn't get enough of observing them....
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Have a wonderful weekend!
I have been out all day today (what a busy week so far), so I am adding some photos that I took a few days ago. I am still trying out manual settings and these turned out a bit dark, so I have lightened them a bit using photoshop. They were taken with my 100 mm lens and the 36 mm Kenko extension tube.
Teeny Weeny, upside down hover fly feasting on a lily stamen.
Worth a double click zoom - I've upscaled it x2 so you could better see the pollen in his mouth though for some reason the upscale version on here doesn't seem to zoom any more than the normal version on my pc, so not much point :^))
I was simply trying to photograph the Lily when I decided to get a bit closer and see if anything turned up.....and of course, it did :^)
This osprey was hovering over the Atlantic Ocean just before diving toward a potential meal.
From Cornell School of Ornithology:
Ospreys search for fish by flying on steady wingbeats and bowed wings or circling high in the sky over relatively shallow water. They often hover briefly before diving, feet first, to grab a fish. You can often clearly see an Osprey's catch in its talons as the bird carries it back to a nest or perch.
Note from photographer: A routine practice for the Osprey living along the ocean is to fish in the morning, far off shore, where the water is very deep but the fish are near the surface. This is contrary to the statement above by Cornell: "over relatively shallow water"; they fly further out to sea than I can see, even using my telephoto lens.
The difficulty with birds in flight captures is the lighting settings, but I keep on trying. Especially since nature provided me with a (nearly perfect) symmetrical photographic opportunity.