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One of the many talents and abilities of a hummingbird is to hover. This hummingbird is considering my proximity to the water fountain.
This one bird (an Olive-backed Sunbird) is really an energizer bunny. Very hard to photograph. This is one of the few times you get to see it hover and float in the air for like 5 seconds ... and grrrrr .. I wasn't ready. I still dont pass as a real bird photographer I guess. Bwahahah.
A macro photograph of the hover fly Episyrphus blteatus (according to wikipedia!).
This photograph has now been voted the top insect photograph in the August calendar comp organised by the Birds and Wildlife Uk pool, which holds a fantastic range of uk wildlife shots from a bunch of great and highly knowkledgable photographers. Well worth a visit.
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This Hover fly is putting down digestive enzymes to break the food down into a liquid. So then the fly only has to slurp it back up, no chewing required. Because fly spit dissolves the food and then they can sort of lick it up.
A trip to Rhymney Great Wharf led to a fine days bird watching - but very few chances of getting any shots due to the distances involved. However, a Kestrel hovering is always a chance to try one's luck...
(Please Note: This image not to be used on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission. © Paul J Fram - All rights reserved.)
Taken with a El-Nikkor 50mm f/2.8 reverse-mounted on a set of bellows to the A77 Mk2.
Close-up (crop) of the face of the hover fly which spent a reasonably long time sat on my thumb, posing for photos. Keeping both my thumb and camera equipment still to keep focus was a bit of a challenge, but I'm pleased with the way this one turned out. Sacrificed a little detail for a high ISO to ensure a fast enough shutter speed.
Ive waited a year to see these little birds again.The smallest uk bird,yes smaller than the Wren and have been hit hard with the harsh winter this year.
This was an extremely hard shot to get on the spur of the moment.This little Goldcrest was hovering and buzzing around like wildfire....The light was poor but needed a reasonable shutter speed to get this shot (best out of three).
We had blizzards on Tuesday but today winter has relaxed it’s icy grip and the temperature has reached the dizzy heights of 13c. There was even a bit of sunshine this afternoon! Enough to bring out a couple of flies and a freshly emerged hover.
17/03/2023
Still working my way through a few dozen images of this very close hovering Kestrel down on Portland Bill.
Today I bought not the best glass in the world, it is not even glass but plastic. It is a set of Lomography Experimental Lens Kit. And I like it, it's blury, a lot of vignetting and optical errors.... But I like it!