Another hover - Baccha elongata

[LindaB]

Not a new one to our garden but only the second time I have seen one. Very very small and extremely thin but oh so pretty - this is a female.

I nearly missed this altogether thinking it was a mossie, anyway had real difficulty getting pics as they tend to be low to the ground and they are so thin its difficult to get focus lol - imagine a syritta pippiens and think half as thin!

Pics cropped a bit.

http://www.pbase.com/lindabuckell/image/102434048.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/lindabuckell/image/102434046.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/lindabuckell/image/102434043.jpg


Linda

[Bill Pham]

wow Linda that is thin. maybe it's on a diet. i would have miss it for sure. think it's time for that mpe-65 heh :lol:. nice shot too.

Bill

[skylab]

Anorexic hoverfly. Holding on like a dragonfly. Super shots. Like #1 best.

[LindaB]

Thanks Bill.

Well Im not sure I could handle the MPE, so havent given it more than a passing thought, but who knows, one day I might give one a go.

Linda

[LindaB]

Anorexic hoverfly. Holding on like a dragonfly. Super shots. Like #1 best.

LOL, Thanks Brian, they really are quite beautiful, just for comparison, here is one of the previous pics I took - this one had a little more weight on it though lol.

Taken in April 2007
http://www.pbase.com/lindabuckell/image/77565322.jpg

Linda

[Bill Pham]

Thanks Bill.

Well Im not sure I could handle the MPE, so havent given it more than a passing thought, but who knows, one day I might give one a go.

Linda

come on you know you can handle that like you do with the rest of your arsenal. myself i'm holding out for a long prime and 1DII myself. want to get more into birding. and i been doing alot more landscape lately.

Bill

[DaiWelsh]

Lovely shots of an interesting subject.

Fai

[LindaB]

come on you know you can handle that like you do with the rest of your arsenal. myself i'm holding out for a long prime and 1DII myself. want to get more into birding. and i been doing alot more landscape lately.

Bill

Thats very kind of you Bill it really is :D
The birding is something I struggle with a bit with the 400mm but I keep trying when I get the time to get out to a reserve. I find it much easier with the 70-200 F4L but then of course I need to be that bit closer.

My last lense purchase was the 24-105 F4L IS USM so that I could try some landscape-type shots, especially with autumn rapidly approaching, and also any other opportunities that might arrive for using that lense. Its pretty good for close-ups too, so its a good all-round lense, but am looking forward to getting some more varied types of pics when I can get the time to get out and about.

Linda




Lovely shots of an interesting subject.

Fai

Thanks very much Dai - yes, they are fascinating and a subject I am trying to get more familiar with.

Thanks again.

Linda

[Mack1time]

Great job Linda
#1 and #4 are nice shots
although the pistil in #2 blocking some of the subject is slightly distracting , I find it a nice series overall!

Thanks for sharing!

[LordV]

Excellent captures Linda- :)
Brian V.

[Tobias N]

Nice shots, i like the colors.

[Greg_C]

Another lovely hover Linda, great work.

[bbulldog]

loverly shots, an anorexic hover :lol:

[LindaB]

Great job Linda
#1 and #4 are nice shots
although the pistil in #2 blocking some of the subject is slightly distracting , I find it a nice series overall!

Thanks for sharing!

Thanks very much :D - yes, I agree about the distraction, but I have forgiven myself purely because it was difficult enough getting any pics of this one, so I am happy to overlook the distraction LOL.



Excellent captures Linda-
Brian V.

Thanks Brian.

Nice shots, i like the colors.

Thanks.


Another lovely hover Linda, great work.

Thanks Greg.


loverly shots, an anorexic hover :lol:

Thanks - yes, it was much thinner than the previous one I saw, and am wondering if it was a newly emerged one.


Thanks everyone :D

Linda

[paul190453]

Very nice shots Linda. There are similar (or the same?) in our garden...but they tend to fly away just as the flash goes off...quite frustrating!:)

[LindaB]

Very nice shots Linda. There are similar (or the same?) in our garden...but they tend to fly away just as the flash goes off...quite frustrating!:)

Thanks Paul.

They may well be the same as I believe there is only this one that has such an elongated body with this shape.

Do you have a diffuser on the flash? I have my flash (580EX) attached to the hotshoe on the camera with a Lumiquest Softbox on that, which rarely frightens insects off.

Linda

[orionmystery]

Great shots of that skinny but pretty hover :)

[lcpete]

lovely shots Linda well spotted I would have took it for a mossie
Pete

[LindaB]

Great shots of that skinny but pretty hover :)

Thanks :D yeah, a touch on the thin side lol


lovely shots Linda well spotted I would have took it for a mossie
Pete

Thanks Pete - yes, info that I have read says they are overlooked a lot because of the difficulty in seeing them.

Linda

[johnkermit1]

great series Linda! :cool: i have yet to get any of these thin hoverers...lol

[LindaB]

great series Linda! :cool: i have yet to get any of these thin hoverers...lol


Thanks very much :D - finding them is a challenge, let alone photographing them LOL.

Linda