bromm Cream of the Crop  6,920 posts Joined May 2006 Location: Prince Edward Island, Canada More info | Aug 05, 2007 07:31 | #1 Was stalking around my thistle patch yesterday( awesome spot to find bugs) and looked up and here were these two hovers going at it with no shame. SO I carefully turned the lens towards them, slowly leaned in to focus and caught these captures. I use a reversed kit lens, so most of you know how close I had to get which goes to show you how caught up in the moment they were.  #2  #3 figured I'd throw in this guy as well  Thanks for looking. Trevor Wadman
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Ferco Goldmember  2,766 posts Likes: 1 Joined Oct 2005 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland More info | Aug 05, 2007 07:41 | #2 wow that is VERY impressive! nice one- so moving slowly is the trick to getting these guys lol Canon Gripped 350D & 40D
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Attic Cream of the Crop  5,371 posts Likes: 101 Joined Nov 2006 Location: Rural Hampshire More info | Aug 05, 2007 07:49 | #3 Absolutely stunning Trevor, has to be some if not the best HIF's I've seen to date. Alby
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macrojunkie Cream of the Crop  6,709 posts Likes: 2 Joined Jul 2007 Location: Somerset - UK More info | amazing shots..what set up and settings ? Uk prayingmantis forum - http://www.dragonscrest.co.uk/forums/index.php
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BillPham Cream of the Crop  5,102 posts Likes: 2 Joined May 2007 Location: St. Paul MN More info | Aug 05, 2007 08:38 | #5 Attic wrote in post #3671698  Absolutely stunning Trevor, has to be some if not the best HIF's I've seen to date.  totally agree with Alby the best i seen yet. winning is fun and second is for loser
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skylab Goldmember  3,473 posts Joined Apr 2007 Location: Dudley West Midlands UK More info | Aug 05, 2007 09:24 | #6 Top shot. Really good. I know how hard it is to get HIF so well done. Brian
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racketman Cream of the Crop  More info | Aug 05, 2007 10:19 | #7 that's amazing, congrats - i'd enter that in a comp if I were you. Toby
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bromm THREAD STARTER Cream of the Crop 6,920 posts Joined May 2006 Location: Prince Edward Island, Canada More info | Aug 05, 2007 14:09 | #8 Ferco wrote in post #3671676 wow that is VERY impressive! nice one- so moving slowly is the trick to getting these guys lol Thanks Ferco! moving slowly definatly helps. Attic wrote in post #3671698 Absolutely stunning Trevor, has to be some if not the best HIF's I've seen to date. Thanks a lot Alby ! macro junkie wrote in post #3671744 amazing shots..what set up and settings ? I used the XT with the 18-55 reversed on a homemade adapter, AV mode with on camera flash sync. to 1/200th, Aper. set at F/10, ISO 100, FEC set to +1/3 or 2/3 rd's of a stop, handheld, I need to make a sliding bracket for my tripod so I can get some use out of it. And thanks! Thanks Bill! skylab wrote in post #3671998 Top shot. Really good. I know how hard it is to get HIF so well done. Thanks Brian! racketman wrote in post #3672181 that's amazing, congrats - i'd enter that in a comp if I were you. http://poty2007.dcmag.co.uk/enter.aspx Thanks RM ! I might have to enter, thanks for the link! Trevor Wadman
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alliec Goldmember  3,315 posts Likes: 1 Joined May 2006 Location: Worcester, England More info | Absoutly stunning captures. I found two hovers doing this today but didnt get them in flight. Alistair
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mkuriger Goldmember  1,105 posts Likes: 1 Joined May 2007 Location: Valencia, California More info | Aug 05, 2007 14:18 | #10 those shots are stunning. call national geographic at once! Michael Kuriger
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dreamline Goldmember 1,240 posts Joined Jan 2007 Location: Norfolk (UK) More info | Fantastic shots Trevor. I couldn't see the pictures earlier, the site wouldn't display them, but they were worth waiting for! Bernie
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LindaB Cream of the Crop  11,375 posts Likes: 295 Joined Sep 2006 Location: Surrey (UK) More info | Truly fantastic images. I agree, they are the best in-flight shots seen so far and so unique with them mating, something you dont see that often. http://lindabuckell.zenfolio.com/
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Action_Man Goldmember  2,561 posts Joined Jan 2006 Location: England, Nr Europe More info | Aug 05, 2007 17:44 | #13 Thats an incredible capture - well done
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bromm THREAD STARTER Cream of the Crop 6,920 posts Joined May 2006 Location: Prince Edward Island, Canada More info | Aug 05, 2007 19:09 | #14 alliec wrote in post #3673024 Absoutly stunning captures. I found two hovers doing this today but didnt get them in flight. Alistair. Thanks Allistair mkuriger wrote in post #3673048 those shots are stunning. call national geographic at once! Thanks Michael dreamline wrote in post #3673090 Fantastic shots Trevor. I couldn't see the pictures earlier, the site wouldn't display them, but they were worth waiting for! Definitely the best HIF's I've seen. Thanks Bernie! LindaB wrote in post #3673815 Truly fantastic images. I agree, they are the best in-flight shots seen so far and so unique with them mating, something you dont see that often. Im not surprised the one on top did all the flying, its got its legs over the lower one's eyes lol. Well done, great to see these pics. Linda Thanks Muchly Linda! Thanks Gordon! Trevor Wadman
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Greg_C Cream of the Crop  More info | Aug 05, 2007 21:54 | #15 Great shots Trevor. See it pays to be a bug voyeur. Greg
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