Hoverfly myathropa florea

LordV · 3rd of May 2012 (Thu)

Largish hoverfly Myathropa florea. First 3 shots natural light ISo1600. Last 3 shots full flash ISO200.
Brian v.

Natuurfreak · 3rd of May 2012 (Thu)

Excellent shots... the natural- and also the flashlight are great...

Rob,

Snowyman · 3rd of May 2012 (Thu)

Terrific shots.

There's not a lot of difference in colour balance between the flash and the natural light. Is that achieved in post processing or do you use CTO/B gels or something similar on your flash?

DeepWoods · 3rd of May 2012 (Thu)

Wonderful series! I like the flash set better, the colors.

LordV · 3rd of May 2012 (Thu)

Thanks for the comments

Snowyman - re the colour, I shoot AWB but do normally drop the colour temp of flash shots to 5500'C during raw processing. In this case though I dropped the colour temp down to 4400'C to get a nearest match to the natural light shots.
Brian v.

BasAndrews · 3rd of May 2012 (Thu)

Lovely captures Brian.

IQ Zero · 3rd of May 2012 (Thu)

very nice shots. Looks like cool sunglasses on him

orionmystery · 3rd of May 2012 (Thu)

Great set, really pretty hover fly.

LordV · 4th of May 2012 (Fri)

Thanks for the comments Bas, IQ0 and Kurt

Brian v.

jadrock · 4th of May 2012 (Fri)

great shots brian...

Alf85 · 6th of May 2012 (Sun)

Superb set of images.
Alf.

LordV · 6th of May 2012 (Sun)

Thanks Rakesh and Alf for the comments

Brian v.

3rd of May 2012 (Thu)	#1
LordV Macro Photo-Lord of the Year 2006 Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Worthing UK Posts: 48,441 IMAGE EDITING OK	Hoverfly myathropa florea Largish hoverfly Myathropa florea. First 3 shots natural light ISo1600. Last 3 shots full flash ISO200. Brian v. __________________ http://www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/ http://www.lordv.smugmug.com/ Macro Hints and tips http://photography-on-the.net/forum/...d.php?t=807056 Canon 20D, Canon 40D, Canon 5D mk2, Sigma 105mm EX macro, Tamron 90mm macro, Canon MPE-65,18-55 kit lens X2, canon 200mm F2.8 L, Tamron 28-70mm xrdi, Other assorted bits

3rd of May 2012 (Thu)	#2
Natuurfreak Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,399	Re: Hoverfly myathropa florea Excellent shots... the natural- and also the flashlight are great... Rob,

3rd of May 2012 (Thu)	#3
Snowyman Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 1,872	Re: Hoverfly myathropa florea Terrific shots. There's not a lot of difference in colour balance between the flash and the natural light. Is that achieved in post processing or do you use CTO/B gels or something similar on your flash? __________________ Snowy's Gear Deviant Art Flickr Blog

3rd of May 2012 (Thu)	#4
DeepWoods Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: in the woods Posts: 906 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Hoverfly myathropa florea Wonderful series! I like the flash set better, the colors. __________________ 450D \| 18-55mm EFS IS \| Sigma 50-500mm "Bigma" \| Sigma 150mm 2.8 "Bugma" \| & some other stuff.. We live in a society that knows the cost of everything...but the value of nothing!

3rd of May 2012 (Thu)	#5
LordV Macro Photo-Lord of the Year 2006 Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Worthing UK Posts: 48,441 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Hoverfly myathropa florea Thanks for the comments Snowyman - re the colour, I shoot AWB but do normally drop the colour temp of flash shots to 5500'C during raw processing. In this case though I dropped the colour temp down to 4400'C to get a nearest match to the natural light shots. Brian v. __________________ http://www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/ http://www.lordv.smugmug.com/ Macro Hints and tips http://photography-on-the.net/forum/...d.php?t=807056 Canon 20D, Canon 40D, Canon 5D mk2, Sigma 105mm EX macro, Tamron 90mm macro, Canon MPE-65,18-55 kit lens X2, canon 200mm F2.8 L, Tamron 28-70mm xrdi, Other assorted bits

3rd of May 2012 (Thu)	#6
BasAndrews Cream of the Crop Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Bristol UK Posts: 9,588 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Hoverfly myathropa florea Lovely captures Brian. __________________ Bas

3rd of May 2012 (Thu)	#7
IQ Zero Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: In Absentia Posts: 731 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Hoverfly myathropa florea very nice shots. Looks like cool sunglasses on him

3rd of May 2012 (Thu)	#8
orionmystery Cream of the Crop Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Malaysia Posts: 10,251	Re: Hoverfly myathropa florea Great set, really pretty hover fly. __________________ Kurt, 40D, MP-E65 & MT-24EX for full flash, Sigma 150 +1.4x TC for natural light. My Macro Rig

4th of May 2012 (Fri)	#9
LordV Macro Photo-Lord of the Year 2006 Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Worthing UK Posts: 48,441 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Hoverfly myathropa florea Thanks for the comments Bas, IQ0 and Kurt Brian v. __________________ http://www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/ http://www.lordv.smugmug.com/ Macro Hints and tips http://photography-on-the.net/forum/...d.php?t=807056 Canon 20D, Canon 40D, Canon 5D mk2, Sigma 105mm EX macro, Tamron 90mm macro, Canon MPE-65,18-55 kit lens X2, canon 200mm F2.8 L, Tamron 28-70mm xrdi, Other assorted bits

4th of May 2012 (Fri)	#10
jadrock Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 1,274	Re: Hoverfly myathropa florea great shots brian... __________________ Regards, Rakesh Jadhav Canon EOS 500D, 18-55mm kit lens, 50mm 1.8, cheap ET's, SigMa 150mm 2.8, Nissin di622 Mark II. http://www.flickr.com/photos/rakesh_jadhav/

6th of May 2012 (Sun)	#11
Alf85 Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Northumberland UK. Posts: 68 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Hoverfly myathropa florea Superb set of images. Alf.

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