Enjoying weliding the camera.

A week away with no camera, and it turns out there were hundreds of dragonflies where I was staying

Still I managed a half hour in my garden last night, and messed up a load of shots, framing, focus and timing.
Although none are great quality, they represent a half hour well spent, regardless of the results.

Lots of hovers in the garden There are a few more on my flickr page, if you want to see more.

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com/​photos/basandrews/9269​506813/

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The eyes and antennae on the last one definitely belong to something in Diptera, not a bee.

wonderful captures Bas !
Last bug is a narcissus fly hoverfly Meredon equestris. They come in about 6 different colour schemes.
Brian V.

Thank you both, very much appreciated.

lovely set bas.
congrats on that cool hover!

Thank you Denis.

its strange the #1 looks somehow soft but on the other hand some parts are sharp, Its probably the DOF, but I dunno...

#2 is great

I missed focus on the eyes on the first shot, it needed to be 1/2 an eye closer, but I still liked it for other reasons. Mainly the fact that it reminded me how much fun this hobby can be

Thanks for the comments.

Good stuff Bas. Yeah a tiny tiny bit soft on the eye in #1 but I get that all the time and still post shots

I like them all, love the narcissus. You did a superb job on that one, I find them quite difficult to get in focus. Perhaps because of the longer fur/hairs on them. Yours is lovely and sharp.

A well shot set in my eyes.

great set Bass, i am going on vacation in a few weeks, will have to smuggle the camera away in my luggage so wife dose not see it.

A great set Bas, hovers make great macro subjects.

A very enjoyable set, Bas. Your light is looking very pleasing also.

Great set Bas, last one is great!

Thank you all. Yesterdays shots were less than perfect, I could barely catch focus