Not certain if this is Volucella inanis or V. zonaria About 15mm long.
#1 with 200mm plus ext tubes natural light. #2&3 MPE-65 flash.
Brian V.
Crop from above
LordV Macro Photo-Lord of the Year 2006  More info | Jul 21, 2006 01:24 | #1 Not certain if this is Volucella inanis or V. zonaria About 15mm long. Crop from above http://www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/
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Bama Goldmember  1,010 posts Joined Jun 2005 More info | Jul 21, 2006 01:32 | #2 #2 is beautiful, the crop shows extremely stunning details. http://www.flickr.com/photos/rakesbama/
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mtonsbeek Senior Member  464 posts Joined Feb 2006 Location: Kent UK More info | Jul 21, 2006 01:51 | #3 Brian,  HOSTED PHOTO please log in to view hosted photos in full size. Your pictures are have much better detail than mine but my zonaria was even more colourful and slightly larger than yours. Unfortuately in all my exitement of finding this huge thing, I had not noticed I still had my camera set to f2.8 from my limited DOF shots recently. Therefore the first 10 shots were wasted! Maarten 1D Mk3, 5D Mk3, 300mm IS f2.8L, 85mm f1.2L, 17-40mm f4L, 70-200mm f2.8L IS USM, EF 100mm f2.8 Macro, MP-E65, Ring Lite MR-14EX Speedlite 580EX
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beckybun Senior Member  993 posts Joined Sep 2004 Location: California More info | Jul 21, 2006 01:52 | #4 WOW!!!!! I love that first shot and the crop is very impressive. http://www.beckybun.com
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AnthonyJHowe Cream of the Crop  6,935 posts Joined Apr 2006 Location: Rhos-on-sea UK More info | Jul 21, 2006 02:11 | #5 Quite a large Hover fly and the third shot has incredible detail as with the others, love the first shot. Canon 5D + Canon 20D + Canon EOS 300
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OmriAlon Cream of the Crop  More info | Jul 21, 2006 02:47 | #6 Great capture Omri Alon | Flickr
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mtonsbeek wrote: Brian, Nice capture, of a Volucella zonaria, not the inanis according to my book. I captured one yesterday, hope you don't mind if I post it on your thread: Your pictures are have much better detail than mine but my zonaria was even more colourful and slightly larger than yours. Unfortuately in all my exitement of finding this huge thing, I had not noticed I still had my camera set to f2.8 from my limited DOF shots recently. Therefore the first 10 shots were wasted! Maarten Lovely shot Maarten- you are probably right about the ID but the previous specimens of zonaria I'd seen seemed much hairier around the abdomen and were/are bigger than this one. http://www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/
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LesterWareham Moderator  More info | Jul 21, 2006 04:16 | #8 Love them, great colour. Haven't been able to get close to a hover with the MP-E yet. Gear List
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photobitz PlatinumMeasurebaiter  6,501 posts Joined Jan 2006 Location: NSW, Australia More info | Jul 21, 2006 09:01 | #9 Not meaning to be critical (I like your pics otherwise) but the focus is slightly off on the eye for #3. Seems to be focused just past the eye - the hairs on its thorax are in focus. What aperture were you using? The DOF must have been only a couple of mm, if that. Dan
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Leorooster Cream of the Crop  6,749 posts Likes: 2 Joined May 2005 Location: New York More info | Jul 21, 2006 09:10 | #10 Great shots! Amazing detail in the close up Canon 1DMarkIII
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Hatch1921 Cream of the Crop  More info | Jul 21, 2006 09:29 | #11 Great shots Brian. I'm starting to dislike you intensely.
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photobitz wrote: Not meaning to be critical (I like your pics otherwise) but the focus is slightly off on the eye for #3. Seems to be focused just past the eye - the hairs on its thorax are in focus. What aperture were you using? The DOF must have been only a couple of mm, if that. Nice pics anyway! Thanks for the comments- shot atF11- I was actually trying to get the nose with some focus on the eyes and and the proboscis- probably trying for too much, but I do sometimes want to focus on areas other than the eyes http://www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/
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Hatch1921 wrote: Great shots Brian. I'm starting to dislike you intensely.  I see my savings account going down in the near future...the Canon MPE-65 is looking better and better. Don't get me wrong... I know it take more than the lens to produce the outstanding shots you produce. I just see the shots and want to buy the lens more and more. Keep up the great work. Hatch Thanks Hatch, as I keep on saying this could have been taken with any 1:1 macro lens ( I was only shooting at 1:1 or thereabouts)- it's a big hoverfly. http://www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/
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racketman Cream of the Crop  More info | Jul 21, 2006 15:49 | #14 have you tried the MP E65 with the tubes?? Toby
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racketman wrote: have you tried the MP E65 with the tubes?? No haven't tried yet- not sure what advantage it would give apart from shooting above 5:1 and I rarely shoot above 4:1 at the moment. Might give it a go though with some plant material subjects eg pollen anthers or petals. Haven';t tried it with a TC yet either- must do that to see if the IQ drops much- could be an advantage in some cases with focus distance. http://www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/
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