Hovering!
Uploaded: July 29, 2007
I came across a garden of cone flowers in the park yesterday. There was no wind, and the hover flies were all over the place, making it pretty easy to capture one in flight!
Canon 100-400L; 1/640; ISO 250; f6.3; 400mm; cropped and resized.
Exif: F Number: 6.3, Exposure Bias Value: +0, Exposure Time: 1/640, Flash: flash did not fire, ISO: 250, White Balance: auto white balance, Focal Length: 400mm, Camera Model: Canon EOS 5D
Joy Rector July 29, 2007
awsome capture #701463Nina Shields July 29, 2007
Awesome timing and composition, Ronald; great work! #4574261Sandy Stigliano July 29, 2007
Great catch Ronald! #4574286Melissa G. Meiselman July 29, 2007
Well composed capture with nice details and great lighting, Ronald!! #4574389Linda D. Lester July 29, 2007
Awesome capture...Love these flowers! #4574691Tamera S. Phillips July 29, 2007
Wonderful shot Ron! I hope we see this one again. #4574908Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna July 29, 2007
A FANTASTIC image with the help of your talent and mother nature, Ronald!!!!! The details, lighting and colors are wonderful!!!!! k #4575099Karen Engelbreth July 29, 2007
Beautiful capture, Ronald! #4575379Margaret R. Barry July 29, 2007
Great capture, Ronald! The color and details are wonderful! #4575476Donna La Mattino Pagakis July 29, 2007
Amazing details, dof and design. Great macro image Ronald! #4575732Candice C. Calhoun July 29, 2007
Fabulous macro, with outstanding color and dof!ccc #4575957
Leonard Pierce July 29, 2007
Fantastic macro Ron, extremely well captured! #4576365Husain Akhtar July 30, 2007
Marvellous macro, Ron! Looks so real and colourful! #4576955Kathy L. Clark July 30, 2007
Very cool image Ronald. The color and stop-action look great. #4579389eileen bedford August 01, 2007
Indeed, a well captured moment, well done Ron... #4587064Emile Abbott August 01, 2007
Fantastic stop action and detail in this capture Ronald. #4588769Dr Silly August 02, 2007
All I can say Ron is WOW. :O)Paul Sikora August 02, 2007
Well captured macro #4593422Hayden Cannon August 03, 2007
fantastic capture Ronald great caolors, lighting and details fantastic photo! #4595840Amit Sheokand August 05, 2007
beautiful macro..... amazing pic and timings #4603626Cassie L. Woodlee August 08, 2007
WOW Ronald, OUTSTANDING capture!!!! #4620834Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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