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Hoverfly Syritta pipiens in flight. A male inspecting a potential female below feeding on a potentilla flower
This Hoverfly paused long enough on an opened Pear tree bossom for me to record this 2:1 macro. Imaged on April 10, 2010, on the grounds of my family's homestead, in the Lyons section of Bernards Township in Somerset County, northern New Jersey, USA. Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XT (350D) and Tamron Adaptall-2 SP90mm f2.5 model 52B macro lens and Pre-AI Nikon mount and Tamron Adaptall-2 18f 1:1 tube and Nikon TC-200 2X teleconverter plus Fotodiox Nikon mount to Canon EOS mount adapter ring, hand held, manually focused, manual mode, 1/200 sec, ISO 400, with fill-in flash from camera's built-in electronic flash.
Hoverfly Helophilus pendulus clour matching a mollis azalea flower. Natural light. Focus stacked using zerene
A hoverfly in my garden. It landed just long enough for me to take one photo luckily it was in focus.
Hoverfly taken in bright sun using flash.
Trying to see if a cheap 2ND filter helps reduce the strong sun exposure which gives ugly specular highlights giving the diffused flash a chance to light the subject. Normally with these settings the flash output would be minimal.
It does seem to help.
probably Eupeodes luniger
Hoverfly, male Xanthogramma pedissequum having a rest between territorial flights. Natural light. 2 shot focus stack using zerene
The hoverfly repeatedly flew up to the butterfly and just touched the edge of its wing until it left the flower. The butterfly would then return and oust the hoverflies from the flower. And the whole pattern would repeat itself. There must have been some good quality nectar in this opening Dandelion.