Forum: Photography


Subject: Hoverfly in Flight

FranOnTheEdge opened this issue on Jul 03, 2005 ยท 4 posts


FranOnTheEdge posted Sun, 03 July 2005 at 11:28 AM

Managed by great good fortune to catch this insect as it approached a flower. Thought you might like to see it.

Measure your mind's height
by the shade it casts.

Robert Browning (Paracelsus)

Fran's Freestuff

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zhounder posted Sun, 03 July 2005 at 12:35 PM

Outstanding! great shot!


Wivelrod posted Mon, 04 July 2005 at 4:39 AM

Wow - really tricky to get these in flight, even though they hover. Well done :)


FranOnTheEdge posted Mon, 04 July 2005 at 5:24 AM

I'm sure there's a setting I can use to catch fast things, like I was shooting some birds feeding under our birdtable the other day but their wings and heads were very blurred when they suddenly moved, a shorter exposure needed obviously. But I may need to set the camera up on the tripod for that, plus I think I need a auto release button thingie to reduce camera shake. So you see this lack of experience on my part makes this hoverfly photo all the more special to me as I had no idea if it worked until I looked on the laptop much later. Pure fluke really!

Measure your mind's height
by the shade it casts.

Robert Browning (Paracelsus)

Fran's Freestuff

http://franontheedge.blogspot.com/

http://www.FranOnTheEdge.com