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Maybe it’s just me, but despite all the signs of motion, it appears the horse is hovering. It’s probably just the angle. I’d moved high into the stands to get an angle for a “clean” background.
From the Georgia High School Rodeo Association Southeastern Showdown at the Georgia National Fairgrounds & Agricenter in Perry, GA.
Nikon D7000 -- Nikon 80-200mm F2.8
200mm
F4@1/250th
ISO 4,000
Cropped
(DSC_2110 - 2)
©Don Brown 2017
While the hummingbird has the ability to move any direction at lightening-fast speeds, they also can hover-in-place for extended periods of time.
20-30 of these were hovering and interacting in sunny patches in my back yard this afternoon. Sometimes they hover so steadily it is possible to grab a shot.
I'm not quite sure what they are up to--it could be males looking for mates, or it could be females looking for hosts. (They are parasitoids of solitary bees, of which I did see a few on the ground.) However I did not see anything I was sure was egg-laying--where the female dips its abdomen and quickly drops an egg.
Wooded area just off of a roadway. The trees are almost arching left, like they are hovering. Taken in Duncanville, Texas.
Hoverflies, sometimes called flower flies or syrphid flies, make up the insect family Syrphidae. As their common name suggests, they are often seen hovering or nectaring at flowers; the adults of many species feed mainly on nectar and pollen, while the larvae (maggots) eat a wide range of foods. In some species, the larvae are saprotrophs, eating decaying plant and animal matter in the soil or in ponds and streams. In other species, the larvae are insectivores and prey on aphids, thrips, and other plant-sucking insects.
Aphids alone cause tens of millions of dollars of damage to crops worldwide every year; because of this, aphidophagous hoverflies are being recognized as important natural enemies of pests, and potential agents for use in biological control. Some adult syrphid flies are important pollinators.
About 6,000 species in 200 genera have been described. Hoverflies are common throughout the world and can be found on all continents except Antarctica. Hoverflies are harmless to most other animals despite their mimicry of more dangerous wasps and bees, which serves to ward off predators.
Belted Kingfisher hovering while looking down for a fish at a small pond at Wakodahatchee Wetlands...
While walking around in some coastal wetlands looking for good sceneries to capture, I had luck to spot a small bird flying around in high grass, catching insects. I got him in mid-air, hovering over his nest, just moments before he disappeared again.
Nature's hovering machines.
Catching up on some old photographs from an awesome trip in January to Magadi and Anashi.
A Hover Fly feeding on a Meyer Lemon flower. The beginnings of a lemon can be seen toward the upper-right.
Photo taken in Los Angeles, CA (USA).
Kingfisher hovering ready to dive for fish. Trying to get a fine art picture, using a couple of textures. The background was from trees opposite that were turning colour in the Autumn.
This Kestrel was hovering above a grassy bank leading down to the sea, watching some movement that might have been potential lunch. After a minute or so, he wheeled away though, and tried another spot - this particular meal had lived to see another day.