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At this time of the year the Bee-flies Bombylius major appear in my garden. Some pose on the ground, or on leaves close to the ground. Others feed on flowers, Honesty in particular, and some rise vertically, always facing in the same direction, dropping to just above my head height, to repeat the ascent.
These were around on flowering currant, or nearby honesty, when I was trying to photograph black bumblebees. Bee-flies are recognisable by their sword-like proboscis, always full extended forwards.
EM-1, Kiron 105 at f16, twin flash, hand-held.
The images are of various individuals.
The highlights on the hairs used to give quite severe pixel overload with my EP-2 but the EM-1 seems to cope much better.
Harold
© Harold Gough 2016
© Harold Gough 2016
© Harold Gough 2016
© Harold Gough 2016
© Harold Gough 2016
Edited on Apr 24, 2016 at 11:09 AM · View previous versions
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