Alder fly laying eggs!

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• mariki (6903)
• [2008-04-28 1:34]

Hello Joe,

Excellent picture of this alder fly. Superb vertical composition. Great shaprness. Excellent colours.
Cheers,
Mariki

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• Heaven (2537)
• [2008-04-28 1:42]

Hi Joe!

I believe this a very valuable picture! The fact that the insect is laying its eggs adds to its value. Moreover, the picture is perfect from the technical side and pleases especially due to the fine lighting management.

Kind regards

Markus

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• anel (7206)
• [2008-04-28 2:20]

Hello Joe,
How interesting this shot. And it is well taken with a pleasant composition, excellent sharpness and beautiful colours and light.
Bravo
Best regards
Anne

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• jesst (2012)
• [2008-04-28 2:56]

Amazing shot with great sharp and detatil

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• haraprasan (11593)
• [2008-04-28 3:27]

Hi Joe,
A lovely capture of this beautiful Alder fly somewhat similar to lace wings here. Excellent composition and sharp details. Thanks a lot for sharing.

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• pekkavalo1 (2649)
• [2008-04-28 3:40]

Hi Joe,

Just marking up now, be back later...

Pekka

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• cataclysta (4090)
• [2008-04-28 3:41]

Hi Joe
Great moment, great observation and also fantastic technically. Good sharpness, perfect OOF background and very good composition I like it very much
Krzysztof

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• uleko (21138)
• [2008-04-28 4:03]

Hello Joe,
What a brilliant observation and you also managed to get a very fine capture of this Alder fly from a nice POV. Excellent sharp details and beautiful colours too in this fine composition. Well done!
TFS and cheers, Ulla

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• jazdzurka (786)
• [2008-04-28 6:13]

Hi Joe
Lucky you!! :)
Very good presentation of this alder fly.
The picture is very good technically and very informative as alder fly is rather rare object on TN especially laying eggs!
Best wishes
Ania

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• cicindela (6080)
• [2008-04-28 6:17]

Hello Joe!
What a great documentary picture! Bravo! I saw this species many, many times, but never in such situation. You were lucky to see that in the wild :>
Best greetings,
Radomir

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• Argus (20861)
• [2008-04-28 7:11]
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Hello Joe,
This is a great macro, not only for its technical merits, the POV and the composition, but the fact that this is and Alderfly, not often seen on TN and that it is in the process of laying eggs!
Great stuff and thanks for sharing it,
When are you off to Spain?
Ivan

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• CENT-TRETZE (990)
• [2008-04-28 7:49]

Hello my friend Joey:

Not only is a beautiful picture of this insect if not also give us every detail of their characteristics, habitat, customs, food, aovación, etc.. an excellent job teaching.
Congratulations on your work as both photographic inquiry.

A hug dear friend

Josep

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• horia (11778)
• [2008-04-28 8:02]
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Hi Joe

You know what this means, don't you? In about 2 weeks, you'll be seeing your first damsels there :)) Good luck "hunting" :)

This is a superb macro, mate with an excellent timing to it too!
The details here are impeccable and the DOF is absolutely perfect - the entire alder fly and its eggs are in full focus while the BG is in such a nice blur...truly great work!
Very nice flash work here as well, but also the nice vertical compo which works fine here.

Bravo and TFS
Horia

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• eliasK4 (80)
• [2008-04-28 9:04]

Hello Joe!! ;D

This is a perfect shot of this alder fly laying it's thousands of eggs! It's EXTREMELY sharp and the DOF is excellent! You also blurred the blurred background is absolutely amazing!

Very well done,

Danny :D

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• loot (8695)
• [2008-04-28 9:26]
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Hi Joe

This is a remarkable contribution capturing this insect while its busy depositing her eggs on this 'reed'. So many times we capture insects or animals just standing there, doing nothing, but this one is busy ensure the survival of its species. So, it was busy with the most important activity, the very reason why this insect existed for. Well seen and captured.

The vertical composition worked fine for this shot. You showed the important detail and it was unnecessary to include anything else. The cropping is spot-on with the reed towards the left and the Alder fly towards the right. You got it all right with that impressive aperture setting thus ensuring that the DOF covered the complete range of the insect yet still worked well enough to isolate the BG and render it completely OOF.

Very well done and TFS.
Regards
Loot

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• matatur (2386)
• [2008-04-28 9:34]

What a beautiful capture in a vertical format Joe, the very sharp image certainly holds a scientific import my friend, TFS and cheers,
Mehmet

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• eqshannon (17136)
• [2008-04-28 9:36]

Nature is simply amazing...just look at the patterns in this...a fine image for you Sir Joey..oh not yet until the package arrives..I am more excited than you!
Bob

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• eng55 (1093)
• [2008-04-28 9:40]

Hi,
Excellent capture.Sharpness,details and composition
are perfect.Thanks for sharing.

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• TAZ (10896)
• [2008-04-28 9:41]

Bonjour Joe,
Beautiful close-up and interesting scene !
The "+++" : composition, natural subject and scene, POV, sharpness, DOF, blurred BG, exposure, warm colors, instructive complementary note...
The "-" : nothing...
Congratulations my friend and thanks for sharing,
Christian

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• jaycee (13255)
• [2008-04-28 9:48]

Hi Joe,

Another amazing shot from Eagle-Eye Joe! Certainly a sight I have never seen before. Not only is this so rare but it so perfectly executed. Great rich colors and sharp sharp details of the fly and the eggs. Also a fine composition on the vertical stalk.

Jane

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• boreocypriensis (9894)
• [2008-04-28 12:09]
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Hi Joe,
This is not only a splendid macro capture!
Also an significant and scientific document!
Many thanks for sharing this beauty and regards OwlMan!
BayRam

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• batu (10072)
• [2008-04-28 12:19]

Hello Joe,
very good picture of this egg-depositing Sialis.
Excellent focus and sharpness and pleasant natural colours.
In my opinion, crop is a bit close.
Best wishes, Peter

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• rousettus (6931)
• [2008-04-28 16:23]

Hello Joe
sorry, I have newly came back from field trip and I couldnt your last posts. This is great macro shot for this beuatiful Megalopteran species lying. great sharpness and details, great POV, BG and presentation. TFS, well done my friend
Ahmet

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• Luis52 (9902)
• [2008-04-28 17:41]

Hola Joe.
Interesante y fina foto. Todo un documento para la historia de la Naturaleza muy bien lograda. Alta calidad y definicion. Los pequeños huevecillos se logran apreciar perfectamente asi como las alas y el resto del cuerpo del bicho.
Saludos Joe.
Luis52.

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• gracious (10965)
• [2008-04-28 20:05]

Hello Joe,
Super macro to me!
so sharp with so fine details also the colouration is in perfection, I loved it!
many thanks, my friend
best regards
Tony

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• Jamesp (13284)
• [2008-04-28 22:23]

Hi Joe

Excellent framing combined with a great POV and imaginitive cropping. Excellent isolation of the fly - I imagine I would have these down at the bottom of my garden, but have not seen them - or looked!! :)

James

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• waminda2020 (266)
• [2008-04-28 22:50]

Joe, great capture - i love the symmetry of the eggs! great exposure - well done!!!

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• jusninasirun (3564)
• [2008-04-29 1:30]

Super sharp image here Joe. The eggs are in stunning detail and so is the adder. Amazing work silencing the background pleasantly. Very well done and best regards. Jusni

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• Silvio2006 (21489)
• [2008-04-29 10:50]

Hi Joe, splendid capture of interesting action, beautiful macro with good colors and fine details, excellent sharpness, very well done, ciao Silvio

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• AnimalExplorer (8268)
• [2008-04-29 13:38]

Very nicely captured Joey, this image is of scientific interest as well being captured with 'EGG"cellent results. Well done and not boiled. TFS
Paul :)

Be back with :)

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• jignasi (7816)
• [2008-04-29 23:44]

Que bonita Joe !!! ... y que gran documento.
Buen tratamiento de la luz y un acertado formato. Enhorabuena.
Saludos: J. Ignasi

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• gannu (8606)
• [2008-04-30 0:24]

Hello Joe,
Some times I wonder where on the earth you manage to get these pictures. Excellent and superb composition. Ganesh

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• marhowie (34117)
• [2008-04-30 3:57]

Interesting macro Joe!
This is excellent, not only technically top-notch, but the fly is doin' something. Great documentation of this behaviour mf..
Very well done,
Howard

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• goutham_ramesh (8299)
• [2008-04-30 8:05]

this is one of the best macro shots that i've seen. it looks good even on my pocket pc!. the sharpness and colors are superb, congrats.
tfs,
goutham

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• Mana (15476)
• [2008-04-30 8:25]

Hi Joe,
Outstanding shot of this Alderfly laying eggs as it were. Great moment captured with your skillful use of flash lighting and a well chosen POV. Superb details presented with immaculate sharpness and colours. Excellent DOF and a fine composition. Kudos.
TFS.
Sumon

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• jmp (8394)
• [2008-04-30 15:32]

Hi Joe,
A perfect capture and an interesting document.
TFS, José M.

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• smitha (3407)
• [2008-05-05 7:43]

Hello Joe,
This is a fantastic capture. I have never seen a picture like this before. Excellent POV, DOF , sharpness and details.
Thanks for the share,
Smitha.