Common Banded Hoverfly

Critiques [Translate]

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• lousat (19673)
• [2009-10-16 3:47]

Hi Argus,what a curious and a little bad situation,maybe english people isn't interesting at this specie..ehhe....for me is enough to see this beautiful pic taken from a best pov,the wings seem made in motherpearl and the sharpness is at the top along all the bee..my best compliments,have a nice weekend,LUCIANO

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• livius (1171)
• [2009-10-16 3:47]

Hello Ivan
eccellente il modo in cui sei riuscito a ritrarre questa piccola Sirfide mettendo in risalto tutta la sua bellezza. La messa a fuoco è ottima come pure la particolare luce che da quel tocco particolare al piccolo insetto con bellissimi riflessi sia sulle ali che sulle striature nere e gialle. Great job.
Livio

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• horias (4018)
• [2009-10-16 4:00]

Ivan
Great sharp capture of this...english anonymous hoverfly.
Wonderful colors and great flower.
Congratulation!
Horia

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• euroblinkie (10239)
• [2009-10-16 4:09]

hello Ivan
this is a beauty
very good colored composition
great details and good sharpness
beautiful colours to
greeting lou

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• ellis49 (30807)
• [2009-10-16 4:10]
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Hej Ivan,
a very fine close-up picture of den gula solblomflugan.
The colours are natural and nice and the exposer really good.
Fine sharpness with a decent DOF.
Great work,

Nu när man har fått den nya NN boken om blomflugorna så blir man om möjligt mer osäker på vad man har fotat :-)
Det finns för många likadana art. :-)

/Gert

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• Mana (18518)
• [2009-10-16 4:13]

Hi Ivan,
Wonderful shot of the Hoverfly on that beautiful flower. Superb light and colours and the image is tack sharp. The top POV works well here. Very nicely composed. Kudos.
TFS.
Sumon

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• matatur (4476)
• [2009-10-16 4:14]

A finely focused tele-macro shot for a hand held long lens Ivan, even the halteres (reduced hind wings) are clearly visible in this dorsal aspect. A beautiful fly within a nice composition, TFS it MF.
Mehmet

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• cobra112 (6612)
• [2009-10-16 4:40]

Ciao Ivan. Great POV to exalt the stunning detauls of wing's texture. Indeed a great DOF and light's management.

Roberto

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• Silvio2006 (41584)
• [2009-10-16 6:15]

Ciao Ivan, splendid S. ribesii on a wonderful flower, fantastic colors superb focus, excellent sharpness and fine details, very well done, have a good week, ciao Silvio
PS thanks for id:)

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• anemone (332)
• [2009-10-16 6:38]

Hi Ivan, super macro capture of this hoverfly... pov, dof and composition are great..
TFS. Kind regards,
Özgür

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• cirano (4952)
• [2009-10-16 6:38]

Slav Îvan,
A wonderful shot of the Hoverfly on the beautiful flower with excellent sharpness,colors and details.Very well.TFS.
Dûrzan

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• marianas (2282)
• [2009-10-16 6:47]

Ivan
Wonderful howerfly, lovely colors and great details.
Mariana

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• foozi (9117)
• [2009-10-16 6:58]

Hi Ivan,
this shot is indeed very exciting. Beautiful stripes and pretty purple petals steal the show. It really pushes the fly into razor sharp image.
I like the yellow black stripe at the abdomen. Well signed as a picture of a fly.

Regards,
Foozi

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• cloud (4689)
• [2009-10-16 7:27]

Hello Ivan,
I like such composition with fly, flower and nothing more. Perfect sharpness, good pose although I were you would cropped this flower a little from right side. I think because you had Carl Linnaeus, so names of species of fauna and flora have since long time.
Best regards, Pawel

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• xTauruSx (610)
• [2009-10-16 7:37]

Hello Ivan, superb close-up of this hoverfly in all aspects.
TFS and regards,
Deniz

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• maurydv (16736)
• [2009-10-16 7:50]

Hello Ivan,
a superb macro shot, outstanding sharpness with fantastic detail of Syrphus, marvellous colours in a very pleasing composition.
TFS
Best regards
Maurizio

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• goatman04 (3934)
• [2009-10-16 8:24]

Hello Ivan,

An excellent macro with striking coloration patterns, sharpness & fine details.

Lovely POV, pose & BG. Very nicely done & informative notes.

Very well done & TFS.

Best Salam

Umar

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• nagraj (4878)
• [2009-10-16 8:42]

Hi,
Excellent details, colors and composition. Beautiful natural design captured well. tfs.
nagraj.v

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• marhowie (302)
• [2009-10-16 8:46]

Beautiful colors, well composed Ivan.
Love the details I see, especially in those glassy transparent wings.
Well done my friend!

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• PeterZ (17694)
• [2009-10-16 8:47]

Hello Ivan,
Fantastic shot again. The sharpness, details, natural colours, clarity, POV and composition are all splendid. Beautiful and good DOF and OOF BG.
Have a very nice weekend,
Peter

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• nglen (32266)
• [2009-10-16 9:45]

Hi Ivan. This is a first class close up of this Hoverfly. Which you have taken with sharp focusing and fine detail. Your use of the light has given the insect as shine to its wings and body, With rich but bright colours. A good top POV so we can see the body markings. Well taken TFS.
Nick..

You and Ulla have a nice weekend.

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• nasokoun (4303)
• [2009-10-16 10:16]

hello Ivan
very good use of light,writes very well on the feathers,good details and colours,in a very beautiful composition from very good POV,fine macro output!
TFS thanks for sharing
Nasos

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• parasbhalla (3258)
• [2009-10-16 10:35]

Ciao Ivan,

Ohh, this is interesting to see hoverfly contribution from you too. I have also posted one today :)

This is a lovely capture of hoverfly with great details! I like the great contrast between the colors of the hoverfly and the flower. The sharpness and POV are perfect.
Great composition!

best regards,
Paras

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• CatherineD (6733)
• [2009-10-16 11:50]

Hello Ivan,
Very nice capture of this attractive hoverfly, with nice pattern. Good composition with the Knautia, a nice flower which attract a lot of insects, as you told in your note. Cheers,
Catherine

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• boreocypriensis (34135)
• [2009-10-16 16:49]

Hi dostum Ivan,

An amazingly beautiful macro capture of a hoverfly on a beautiful flower against to blurred green BG from top POV with impeccable clarity and fine composition.
TFS and have a nice WE MF!
Cheers,

Bayram

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• jmirah (4665)
• [2009-10-16 19:56]

Hi Ivan
Another beautifully detailed capture...Excellent color and POV...TFS
Jim

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• ferranjlloret (4742)
• [2009-10-16 21:39]

Hi Ivan,
Superb close up of this insect, excellent sharpnees and very very very good details. Congratulations. Ferran

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• Noisette (3975)
• [2009-10-17 14:53]

Hello Ivan
magnificent shot of this hoverfly with no english name, but he have a french name : syrphe du groseiller
this shot is very sharply detailed and have great colors, fine pose from his back,
the beautiful sunshine makes his wings shiny
have a great sunday
Jacqueline

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• eqshannon (27971)
• [2009-10-17 15:13]

Well this makes my hoverfly earlier this year look like Kindergarten work...this is fantastic Ivan. It is pure in colour and as sharp as a 20/20 eye can see on this good monitor...I am forever in debt to you for what you have taught me through your work!
Bob

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• jusninasirun (7662)
• [2009-10-17 20:32]

Kodiang 2009

Hi Ivan. Picture perfect framing and the violet flower makes excellent template for the perch. Superb clarity and pleasing razor thin DoF making the image really pops. Well done and I like it!
Jusni

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• roges (3214)
• [2009-10-18 1:18]

Hi Ivan,

A splendid makro. Vilken intressant färger! Super skön och spelar, grattis.
En trevlig söndag,
Adrian

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• Alex99 (18607)
• [2009-10-18 1:19]

Hi Ivan.
It s simply brilliant shot. Subject is the dream of any photographer and reproduction of all beauties of the hoverfly and flower is outstanding. All the best at this picture. My congratulations and best wishes.
Alexei.

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• goldyrs (9271)
• [2009-10-18 2:53]

We canb keep saying things like a beautiful shot, awesome, superb etc, Ivan.But pray, tell me, how do I critique (in the real sense of the word) something like this?Or for that matter any of your shot!
Respect,Ivan!
Goldy

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• cicindela (8635)
• [2009-10-18 4:49]

Hello Ivan!
Beautiful capture of "No-English-Name Syrphid" (maybe it would be an English name for this species? hehe! ;>). Anyway, I am really surprised that so common species (at least here in Poland) does not have English name :> On the other hand Latin names are and alwasy will be the most important, so I'm not so sure if every single species really need English name :> Maybe for some really characteristic and common species it would be good (educative role, ect.).
According to the photo, I like a lot contrast and beautiful light in you picture. Very nice work!
TFS and have a nice afternoon!
Radomir

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• sandpiper2 (14151)
• [2009-10-18 13:51]

Hi Ivan

Another amazing macro with the big lens. Beautiful sharpness and DOF. Great composition. Your "Swenglish" sound good to me :) Don't know why insects don't get English names, there is so much debate over bird and flower names. TFS

Chris

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• meyerd (5386)
• [2009-10-18 23:59]
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Hi Ivan,
no compliments needed for your hoverfly shot, others did it before me. I limit my comment on the English name. I found "Common banded hoverfly" on the site "www.naturespot.co.uk for Syrphus ribesii. In German it is "Grosse Schwebfliege" according to K. Kormann, 2002. It is on the local authorities on the subject to invent vernacular names. In France they are hesitant about this but they come up with "Syrphe du groseillier" for all members of the genus, a simple "frenchisation" of the latin name.
My best regards
Dietrich