Hovering!

Uploaded: July 29, 2007

Description


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

Comments

Joy Rector July 29, 2007

awsome capture #701463

Nina Shields July 29, 2007

Awesome timing and composition, Ronald; great work! #4574261

Sandy Stigliano July 29, 2007

Great catch Ronald! #4574286

Melissa G. Meiselman July 29, 2007

Well composed capture with nice details and great lighting, Ronald!! #4574389

Linda D. Lester level-classic July 29, 2007

Awesome capture...Love these flowers! #4574691

Tamera S. Phillips July 29, 2007

Wonderful shot Ron! I hope we see this one again. #4574908

Kitty 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 #4575099

Karen Engelbreth July 29, 2007

Beautiful capture, Ronald! #4575379

Margaret R. Barry July 29, 2007

Great capture, Ronald! The color and details are wonderful! #4575476

Donna La Mattino Pagakis July 29, 2007

Amazing details, dof and design. Great macro image Ronald! #4575732

Candice C. Calhoun level-deluxe July 29, 2007

Fabulous macro, with outstanding color and dof!

ccc #4575957

Leonard Pierce July 29, 2007

Fantastic macro Ron, extremely well captured! #4576365

Husain Akhtar July 30, 2007

Marvellous macro, Ron! Looks so real and colourful! #4576955

Kathy L. Clark July 30, 2007

Very cool image Ronald. The color and stop-action look great. #4579389

eileen bedford August 01, 2007

Indeed, a well captured moment, well done Ron... #4587064

Emile Abbott level-deluxe August 01, 2007

Fantastic stop action and detail in this capture Ronald. #4588769

Dr Silly level-classic August 02, 2007

All I can say Ron is WOW. :O)
#4592237

Paul Sikora August 02, 2007

Well captured macro #4593422

Hayden Cannon August 03, 2007

fantastic capture Ronald great caolors, lighting and details fantastic photo! #4595840

Amit Sheokand August 05, 2007

beautiful macro..... amazing pic and timings #4603626

Cassie L. Woodlee August 08, 2007

WOW Ronald, OUTSTANDING capture!!!! #4620834

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