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A Hover Fly hovering.

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By Gerryatrickgolf

Tricky little blighters to focus on.

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  1. chris248 posted a comment on 13 July 2014 at 12:15 am

    Good shot Gerry, I am impressed with a lot of these close up shots of insects that your self and some others have taken,
    Think extension tubes could be on the shopping list very soon,

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  2. timdove posted a comment on 13 July 2014 at 7:50 am

    Another corker.

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  3. norrisphysio posted a comment on 13 July 2014 at 8:50 am

    Nice

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  4. eddy posted a comment on 13 July 2014 at 9:04 am
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    The mind boggles Gerry . I always thought you needed off camera flashguns and infrared beams to capture a bug in flight . Fantastic , maybe you should do a video tutorial on your bug capturing techniques. A BIG like it from me.

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  5. janp posted a comment on 13 July 2014 at 10:06 am

    Wow Gerry that is good, I have tried getting one of these in flight but I failed big time! I have ordered myself some extension tubes so am looking forward to getting some closes ups, well maybe!

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  6. snappysteve posted a comment on 13 July 2014 at 10:07 am

    Fantastic detail and fantastic capture.

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  7. terryl posted a comment on 13 July 2014 at 10:08 am

    Difficult little blighters to capture, you have done well with this especially using the 100-300 with its known auto focus issues.

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  8. gerryatrickgolf posted a comment on 13 July 2014 at 10:57 am

    Thank you all very much for your comments. I never thought ten minutes in the back garden would get so much reaction. There were a number of Hover flies about and it was a case of watching and picking out one fly that hovered in the same place for quite a while and concentrating on that one.

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  9. nmeh1 posted a comment on 13 July 2014 at 11:38 am

    I don’t think Ive got the skill or the patience for that! Lovely shot.

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  10. suzieh posted a comment on 13 July 2014 at 12:38 pm

    Amazing! Lost for words on this one…

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  11. gerryatrickgolf posted a comment on 13 July 2014 at 2:44 pm

    Thanks Morag and Suzie.

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  12. deanoc posted a comment on 13 July 2014 at 7:31 pm

    A cracking shot Gerry, I like it very much.

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    • gerryatrickgolf posted a comment on 13 July 2014 at 8:54 pm

      Thanks Dean, glad you liked it.

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  13. niura3 posted a comment on 13 July 2014 at 8:48 pm

    Very beautiful and delicate!

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    • gerryatrickgolf posted a comment on 13 July 2014 at 8:55 pm

      Thanks very much niura.

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  14. jolyon posted a comment on 14 July 2014 at 2:50 pm

    Ace !

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    • gerryatrickgolf posted a comment on 14 July 2014 at 5:35 pm

      Thanks Jo, appreciated.

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  15. bigred posted a comment on 14 July 2014 at 6:38 pm
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    Well done Gerry – those little guys are murder to capture 🙂

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  16. gerryatrickgolf posted a comment on 14 July 2014 at 6:58 pm

    Thanks John, don’t I know it. 🙂

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  17. grantbush67@gmail.com posted a comment on 15 July 2014 at 7:34 pm

    Well captured Gerry, have never managed this myself despite trying too many times!

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    • gerryatrickgolf posted a comment on 15 July 2014 at 8:05 pm

      Thanks Grant, just got lucky I think.

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Photo Information

  • Camera

    DMC-G5

  • Lens

    100-300mm + ex-tubes.

  • Exposure

    1/500 sec

  • Aperture

    f/5

  • Focal Length

    127 mm

  • ISO Speed

    1600

  • Credit

    Gerry Palmer

  • Copyright

    Gerry Palmer 2014

  • Date Taken

    July 12 2014, 2:01 pm

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