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Rhingia campestris


Rhingia campestris
Photo Information
Copyright: Dietrich Meyer (meyerd) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 585 W: 64 N: 2238] (7531)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-09-20
Categories: Insects
Camera: Konika Minolta Dynax 7D, Minolta AF 100 Macro & Kenko tube
Exposure: f/22, 1/125 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes (Fill) Flash: Yes
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Theme(s): Hoverflies II [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-03-08 9:41
Viewed: 3026
Points: 26
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Better known backyard visitors:

this unusually looking 10 mm long female fly is the Rhingia hoverfly (Diptera; Syrphidae; Rhingia campestris; Feldschnabel-Schwebfliege), appearing from April to October. It sits on Origanum vulgare that grows wild in my yard. The larvare grow in cow dung.

ID: it has the characteristic wing venation of Syrphidae. The snout, the rooflike held brown wings and the brightly brown scutellum tells it apart from other species.

Technical stuff: with ISO 400 I get already much grain (my Konica Minolta is old). Sunlight and macro twin flashes, a monopod did the job. In PS I had to: crop, sharpen, remove grain, remove a flower in the lower right corner.
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Hello Dietrich,
An marvelous close-up capture of this minute female Rhingia hoverfly located on Origanum. The details, sharpnes, colours and composition are great! TFS.
Cheers,
Bayram
Have a nice weekend my friend!

Hi Dietrich,
Excellent macro with good DOF and showing many fine details of this fly. Thanks.
Alan

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  • lousat Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 6595 W: 89 N: 15659] (65489)
  • [2008-03-08 16:15]

Hi Dietrich,what a wonderfull macro,the details of eyes is impressive,very great work,thanks for share,Luciano

Hello Dietrich. Excellent sharpness and details of this unique looking fly and well presented in vertical format. Looks stunning on the violet flowers. Well done and best regards. Jusni

Hello Dietrich,

Excellent picture of this uncommon (at least for me) hoverfly. Good composition and POV. Good sharpness. Very nice colours. Perhaps is it worth to use NeatImage or other software to reduce the noise of the background.
Cheers,
Mariki

Bonjour Dietrich
Très belle macro, excellente netteté, couleurs et cadrage, bravo.
Amicalement Robi

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  • Ena Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 324 W: 61 N: 594] (2454)
  • [2008-03-09 9:41]

Hi Dietrich,
Beautiful macro!
Nice colors!
TFS
Ena

Ciao Dietrich,
splendido primo piano di questo bel dittero!
Mi piace soprattutto l'ottima messa a fuoco su occhi e torace.
Saluti,
Marcello

Hallo Dieter!

Deine Fliege sieht toll aus! Ich interessiere mich je länger wie mehr für Aufnahmen dieser Art und werde vielleicht auch mal deine Hilfe brauchen, da der nächste Wettbewerb unseres Fotoklubs "Peuple de l'herbe" wohl deiner Fotografie näher kommt als meiner...

Ich stelle fest, das du das gleiche Makro-Objektiv hast wie ich und dass mit f 2.8 eîne tolle Tiefenschärfe vorhanden ist.

Grüessli

Markus

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  • anel Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 3053 W: 3 N: 8715] (40574)
  • [2008-03-10 3:34]

Hallo Dieter,

Unglaublich all die Details, die Du auf diesem Bild zeigst. Diese Feldschnabel-Schwebfliege trägt ihren Namen gut. Schöner farbiger Hintergrund und gute Komposition. Mit deinen Fotos wertest Du all diese unscheinbaren Insekten auf.
Hab herzlichen Dank
Anne

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  • Alex99 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4072 W: 133 N: 7096] (23735)
  • [2008-03-11 9:24]

Hi Dietrich.
What a crisp sharp image of the insect with plenty attractive details. I like impressive diagonal composition, wonderful lighting and colours. Especially I like well illuminated BG what is so difficult at macro shooting. Bravo. Perfect macro job.
Alexei.

That is one weird bug! What a snout!

Hi Dietrich,
Very different looking hoverfly with that unique snout. I've not seen one like it here in Texas yet..That I can recall anyway.
Technically excellent, a very enjoyable visit :)
Howard

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