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The Dahlias were just stunning!! I found the Hover Fly just sitting in the sun! It stayed there for ages!
Osprey at John Chesnut Senior Park, Palm Harbor, FL
On a technical note, I did crop off the left end of the wing during photo editing because otherwise it made the osprey's face smaller and harder to see. I generally don't do that but, for this image, I felt it provided a better image.
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I had several chances to photograph the pied kingfisher while it was hovering but I wasn't satisfied with any of them. Either the light was bad, the bird was simply too far away, distracting background, it was always something.
Our last day this guy finally cooperated a bit. Thank you!
Nairobi, Kenya
An osprey (pandion haliaetus) hovering high above the Fraser River, in British Columbia, Canada. I was fishing for sturgeon, from a boat, when I saw this bird and it remained above us for some time.
First time I've really taken a flying shot of an insect before. Macro lenses are hard to focus for these shots!
Even at 1/5000 shutter speed wings of the hovering hummingbird can/ will get blurry :-) @ Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve
Hovering
Ruby-throated hummingbird at E B Forsythe NWR. As a fun comparison I have also posted a photograph of a hummingbird moth
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This hover has already started laying it's eggs (bottom left leaf) Coming in for the next try, dodging the aphids and ants! HBBBT ;0)
Great Tit
Parus major
This is the largest UK tit with a distinctive two-syllable song. It has a green and yellow body and a striking glossy black head with white cheeks. It's a woodland bird that has readily adapted to man-made habitats to become a familiar garden visitor. It can be quite aggressive at a bird table, fighting off smaller tits. In winter, it joins with Blue Tits and others to form roaming flocks which scour gardens and countryside for food.
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Photographed on Gran Canaria.
I'm not sure what kind of hover fly it is?
When I didn't find any puffins on the Island of Skomer, I started looking for other wildlife to photograph. This seagull was using the strong wind to hover in a near stationary position just near a cliff. Unfortunately, the wind was so strong that it made it almost impossible to keep my long lens pointed in is direction.
Hover flies, are beautiful and their amazing hovering abilities, make them ideal photographic subjects. There are about 250 species in the UK. The adults feed mainly on nectar but the larvae include carnivores, vegetarians and scavengers. Depending on the species, they fly from March to November.
A small build, inspired by Christopher Hoffman's brilliant vignette.
In other news I will be attending Brickfair Virginia.
One from two years ago and a trip to the National Trust managed Rievaulx Terrace.
These hover flies make a great subject as they are often statuary for long enough and the narrow depth of field allows for backgrounds to be blurred.
I just couldn't stay away from these, I'm at least two weeks away from having a stopshot setup and I'm way to addicted to these to stay away that long...lol. I hope everyone enjoys, thanks for looking.