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There was not much about yesterday, in spite of it being a warmish, sunny day. So, when I saw this hoverfly landing on sunlit Clematis leaves, I stuck with it.

At first I was annoyed and frustrated because it kept landing on a leaf which had a patch of bird faeces on it. Then I saw that it was constantly feeding on the central, dark part of this crust. So my agenda changed.

The action was on the flat bottom of a leaf with its sides raised, and thus a block to lighting, with the only available view looking more or less straight along the mid vein. I had to move my main flash from its high, lateral position, to lower and more straight ahead. The fill light, in my lens-supporting hand kept getting blocked. So I had to wiggle the latter around a bit. (The technique is patented, so hands off! ).

I nearly forgot: The flavour was Wood Pigeon. I just knew you wanted to know that! .

Anyway, here are some which were not rejects.

EM-1, Kiron 105mm at FOV +/- 17mm, twin TTL flash, hand-held.

Harold





© Harold Gough 2016





© Harold Gough 2016





© Harold Gough 2016









May 25, 2016 at 01:52 AM
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Very well done with lots of detail Harold. The meal reminds me of my time in the Navy ~ Ron


May 25, 2016 at 07:35 AM
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Superbly done!!


May 25, 2016 at 05:00 PM
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surfnron wrote:
Very well done with lots of detail Harold. The meal reminds me of my time in the Navy ~ Ron


Thanks, Ron.

Spare us the details!

Harold



May 26, 2016 at 01:07 AM
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JimLittle wrote:
Superbly done!!


Thanks, Jim.

Harold



May 26, 2016 at 01:07 AM





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