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Early Morning Nectar


Early Morning Nectar
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Copyright: Jean Michel Peers (JeanMichel) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 633 W: 87 N: 938] (2864)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2004-09-06
Categories: Insects
Camera: Sony DSC-F717
Exposure: f/4, 1/250 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Hoverflies [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2004-10-18 10:01
Viewed: 1313
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 28
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Just a sunny shot of a well-known insect before hibernation! Many insects are out of view now. Rendez-vous next year...
The HOVERFLY (syrphidae) family comes into about 200 different species. Lucky you, I wont detail this one. If it isn't the Marmalade fly (UK), it's very close. On the other hand, it's an interesting insect for many reasons. First, a joy for photographers due to short periods of stationary flying between flowers, allowing amazing action shots. Second, a very useful fly, due to their active pollinisation of flowers. They are interested in many flowers. Here, this shot is taken in a meadow, early in the morning and the fly is on a bindweed (convolvus). In our garden, they are mad about honeysuckle (not stupid, these hoverflies, hey!) - Handheld and patience.
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PS: Autotlevels, USM (50-2,1-2)
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  • PDP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2951 W: 366 N: 3779] (11763)
  • [2004-10-18 10:21]
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Hi Jean Michel, lovely image, maybe the whites are a bit bright but it's not too distracting. The colours and composition are very good.

As for the ID it isn't Episyrphus balteatus (Marmalade fly) it is very likely to be Syrphus ribesii.

Well done.

Nice shot, the highlights are just a little burned out, but everything else is pretty much spot on.

Very nice close-up full of details. Great work. Ditto on the whites. Thanx for sharing.

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  • ellis49 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3648 W: 354 N: 8892] (28913)
  • [2004-10-18 13:31]
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Good macro Jean Michel.
Good details and nice colours.
The whites are a little burned out , but it's still a nice picture.
Very good note.
Well done.

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  • Callie Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1243 W: 106 N: 2606] (7501)
  • [2004-10-18 14:07]
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HI Jean Michel
Beautiful image, like the down looking POV and the flower BG works very well!

Excellent macro, Jean. Sharp and I like the backround.

Beautiful shot, the fly looks very clean and beautiful, but I think autolevels are no good for photos like this one with so much white. To bright for my taste, but the fly very nice seen.

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  • paco Silver Star Critiquer [C: 38 W: 2 N: 30] (160)
  • [2004-10-18 17:04]

Superbe cliché, beau travail de macro ici, jolie couleurs avec un insect toujours aussi intéressant et joli à regarder, la netteté est au rendez vous. Bravo!!

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  • AndyB Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1586 W: 32 N: 1350] (3980)
  • [2004-10-18 17:58]

Excellent capture and fabulous close-up detail and colours.
A great macro shot,very well done.

Very nice close-up with great detail. Ditto, Ditto & more Ditto on the whites.

Superb close up, though it's cropped a bit tight for my liking. The black and yellow is so vivid and the burned-out whites is not that distracting. My daughter enjoyed looking at this one to.

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  • Junim Gold Star Critiquer [C: 66 W: 0 N: 1] (6)
  • [2005-02-18 11:05]

A very nice capture.
Excellent composition,nice detail and great colours.
Very effective DoF.
Great work,well done.

I'm impressed with the quality of this picture.
The macro is perfect.

Une macro étonnante!
Je suis vraiment surpris Jean Michel du résultat de cet appareil. Ça n'enlève en rien à ton talent, bien au contraire ça démontre à quel point la bonne connaissance de son matos et de la technique assure de bons résultats.
La netteté est superbe et l'exposition irréprochable. Il y plein de détails tant dans les ombres que dans les hautes lumières malgré une lumière qui se veut assez contrastée. Du coté composition, la diagonale que forme l'insecte dans un cadrage serré, donne du dynamisme à l'image.
Belle réussite et merci de partager tes images.

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