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The color version of the Hoverfly captured in late Aug. this year in Old Forge NY.
The usual iPhone, olloclip macro lens kit, for shooting and some very light editing and frame added on the iPad in Snapseed.
The original post in black and white can be seen here if you care to compare: www.flickr.com/photos/firerybroome/20407144544/
A sunfly hoverfly for Friday - HFDF! :)
Detail better in Lightbox - you can see some of the internal structures through the clear exoskeleton... if you want to! :)
(Having a bit of an issue with my macro lens at the moment - the autofocus is getting increasingly temperamental. I don't think it's lack of contrast or camera settings (other lenses are ok). Manual focus is great (preferable even) on things that are still/very slow but it would be nice to have a properly working autofocus option for anything else - any advice on whether it's worth trying to get it repaired (it's out of warranty) would be much appreciated!)
Kamera Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Belichtung 0,005 sec (1/200)
Blende f/16.0
Brennweite 180 mm
ISO-Empfindlichkeit 1250
Captured early this morning with a vintage tamron 35-80 mm macro lens mounted on Olympus E-M10.
Slight use of vignette but SOOC.
Some hoverflies, getting intimate with one another. Photographed at Foulshaw Moss nature reserve, Cumbria.
This hoverfly stayed very still whilst I took this shot even though my camera kept on moving the leaf when I got close. Quite similar in colour to the photo I uploaded yesterday of a fly. Oh well :)
Leucozona lucorum is one of the characteristic hoverflies of early spring throughout lowland Britain. The larvae prey on ground layer aphids. Adults fly in dappled sunshine in situations such as woodland rides and edges, roadside verges and hedgerows.
This hoverfly, again found in our garden has taken me quite a while to identify, as there are many very similar Hoverflies and the black/yellow banding varies somewhat within each species. However, I think that I have identified it correctly as Eupeodes latifasciatus.
This is a fairly small hoverfly with a wing length of 6.5 to 8.5 mm. The marks on tergites 3 and 4 are usually fused into bands in this species. There is some variation, and males differ from females. The yellow marks on tergites 3 and 4 often fail to reach the lateral margins in males, and in the females this yellow band is often pinched at the lateral margin, so that only about a quarter of it remains yellow.
This species likes open habitats, and with a preference for damp meadows and lush vegetation, but can be found in gardens. It is fairly widespread in Britain, but more frequent in the south. It is scarce in some years but quite common in others and is seen from March to October peaking in August
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Hoverfly feeding on pollen on a poppy
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Hoverfly larva on the run. See original size here www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/19224904285/sizes/o/ for animation
“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” ~ Albert Einstein
This was a bunch of flowers given to my wife Heather from our daughter-in-law and our grandchildren. They were in a vase in our dining room. It was a beautiful sunny day and I took them into the garden, where they were quickly surrounded by hoverflies attracted by the pollen. This little guy provided the perfect subject for my shot.