Fly On The Fly For A Fly

Posted by kostas nianiopoulos on Wed Jan 30, 2019 4:00 am

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It's the first time i get one of these guys in the air with lens 100mm , he was a bit slow , i guess thanks to the heavy cloulds and
the rain a day before we had here .

Creation date: 29/1/2019 11:54
Camera: Canon EOS-1D X
Focal length: 100 mm
Aperture: F5.6
Exposure time: 1/200"
ISO speed rating: 1600/33°
Program: Aperture priority
Metering Mode: Pattern
White Balance: Auto
Flash: Flash fired, compulsory flash mode, canon twin macro lite diffused
Handhled

Thanks for watching .

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by Carol Clarke on Wed Jan 30, 2019 9:04 am

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Good flight shot, Kostas!

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by rhighercat on Wed Jan 30, 2019 10:39 am

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Great flight image of hoverfly. I have tried this hundreds of times without getting a single sharp one. they are fast and unpredictable in their flight patterns.

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by joem on Wed Jan 30, 2019 11:27 am

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Well captured Kostas.

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by Tom Whelan on Wed Jan 30, 2019 10:07 pm

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Fine in-flight image, nice angle on the subject, excellent face detail.

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by Yun Gao on Wed Jan 30, 2019 10:26 pm

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Wonderful inflight catch. Congrats on a difficult capture.

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by Matthew Pugh on Thu Jan 31, 2019 1:15 pm

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Hi

A very cool image - I have tired many times in the past for an image like this, and failed lol

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by John Labrenz on Fri Feb 01, 2019 6:23 pm

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Nice in flight catch.
I too have tried to get these guys in flight....unsuccessfully....

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by Cynthia Crawford on Sat Feb 02, 2019 6:40 am

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so cool -like the colors and wing motion- excellent work!

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