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Bombylius major?


Bombylius major?
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Copyright: Goutham Ramesh (goutham_ramesh) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 778 W: 152 N: 2579] (10360)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-09-27
Categories: Insects
Camera: Nikon D 80, Sigma 180 Macro Ex HSM
Exposure: f/8, 1/160 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): GouthamInsects [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-10-07 22:50
Viewed: 601
Points: 24
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Hi all,

This is another shot of Bombyliidae, which is a large family of flies with hundreds of genera, although their life cycles are not well known. Adults generally feed on nectar and pollen, thus are pollinators of flowers. They superficially resemble bees, thus are commonly called bee flies, and this may offer the adults some protection from predators.
The larval stages are predators or parasitoids of other insect eggs and larvae. The adult females usually deposit eggs in the vicinity of possible hosts, quite often in the burrows of beetles or wasps/solitary bees. Where most often in the insect world parasitoids are highly specific in the host species that they will infect, some bombyliids are opportunistic and will use a variety of hosts.While bombyliids have a great variety of species, rarely are individuals of any one species abundant, and this is perhaps one of the poorest known families of insects relative to its size. There are at least 4,500 described species, and probably thousands as of yet undescribed.

Probably this is Bombylius major!

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombylius_major

TFV,
Goutham R
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Truly magnificent capture of this exotic Fly in flight, Goutham.
The focus on the abdomen is unbelievably sharp. How did you do it at 1/160 beats me.
The plain BG does wonders in highlighting the subject in flight.
Well done and TFS.

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2705 W: 74 N: 8864] (30243)
  • [2008-10-07 23:24]

Hello Goutham!

Perfect timing and POV. I like semi-dorsal view very much. Clear BG and nice light underline details on insect's body. Great macro work.

Hi Goutham

Amazing capture of this fly in-flight. Really good DOF considering the circumstances. Good sharpness. Amazing long proboscus.

Chris

Hi Goutham,

wonderful capture of this nice looking insect in flight. Good colours and details, nice blurry, green background.

cheers
Adrian

Hola Goutham, buen macr, con alto nivel de dificultad y buenos resultados. Un saludo

Goutham, this is an outstanding shot. You did a great job capturing it. Have a great day.

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bombat image, goutham, were you giving training for this bee, you got him very beautifuly. tfs.
nagraj.v

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  • PeterZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2395 W: 94 N: 5542] (17634)
  • [2008-10-08 8:07]

Hello Goutham,
Very beautiful photo in an excellent composition. Sharpness and colours are very beautiful. Lucky to get such a details at 1/160 sec. But I was reading your comment on Ram. Great timing.
Regards,
Peter

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  • Alex99 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3585 W: 143 N: 5672] (18539)
  • [2008-10-08 9:11]

Hi Goutham.
Our, Ukrainian Bombylius major looks differently than yours. Excellent in-flight close-up with great timing and details. Diagonal composition is very impressive and smooth BG are wonderful. My compliments and TFS. Well done.
Alexei.

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  • joey Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2001 W: 226 N: 6845] (24727)
  • [2008-10-08 13:53]

Hi Goutham,
terrific in-flight shot of this unusual fly!
This is excellent!
The sharpness is superb for 1/160.
Very good composition.
Superb BG.

A real "WOW" shot! :-))

Well done,
Joe

hello goutham
very well captured, the insect in the flight has been captured with good sharpness, the composition is pleasing the pov is appropriate,
well done,
tfs & regards
pankaj

Hi Goutham,

The flight picture of this fly is amazing,just in time exposure,the direction of grass blade[?]out of focus and back ground adds to the picture.TFS.

Hello Goutham,

It is never easy to catch insectes in flight! And you did very good here. The only thing maybe is that the focus is more on the abdomen that the head. Maybe with a smaller aperture the whole insect would have been in focus. That being said, the colors are wonderful, the details on the abdomen, awesome! Nice green bg also.

A good shot!

And TFS! :-)

Michel

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  • clnaef Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 778 W: 67 N: 645] (6814)
  • [2008-11-24 23:02]

Bonjour,
Joli réflexe, bravo.
Bonne journée.
clnaef

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