Take 2 on a Hover

Rented the 100mm Macro a few weeks back and here are 2 Hover shots that I was able to take. 1/200, f11, ISO 400, Flash 430ex. (These are not cropped images)

Can someone also please tell me which hover fly this is? The closest I can find is the Common Hover (Allograpta obliqua), is this right?

Well, the pics are slightly over exposed. I would lower your ISO to 200 with those settings in any event. But, with a little post processing you should be able to reduce the harshness of the photos.

Sharpness isnt quite there, but again, you should be able to add a little more sharpness in post processing.

I would say the species is one of the Syrphini family, possibly Episyrphus Balteatus.

Linda

Thank you for your comments. I had noticed after reviewing that they were not as sharp as I would have wished I have changed the ISO down to 100 and 200 depending on shots I have been taking. I am also going to have to break down and learn about CS2. I have it but have not been using it, all I do use is a little Lightroom which did not seem as daunting to learn.
Is "stacking" something else that might help improve the sharpness of the images?

They look a fraction soft, but not by a huge amount, they look reasonably sharp to me, at least on this monitor that I'm currently on. The problem is that I think you focussed on its back, and not its eyes, and the poses aren't the best, or most conducive to nailing the main point of interest - the eyes. Both shots look severely oversaturated to my eyes, and a tad overexposed. Possibly, the WB is wrong as well, hard to say. I'm not sure on the species, but Linda is probably right, she usually is.

Dave

stacking wont help sharpness, it will give you more depth of field so that more will be in focus, but you need to get focus spot on first. Best to concentrate on achieving optimum single shots before attempting stacking.

Thanks for all the imput I will put it to good use. I think part of my problem was I was trying to get a good overall focus to get a good image of the entire hover. I am going to be getting a monitor calibrator to help me out with my monitor.
I was never really sure what stacking was have not put a lot of time into looking either because I wanted to get the basics down before jumping into another pot so thanks for the heads up on what it is and what it should be used for.
It is just ashame that I no longer have the 100 macro, I'll just have to apply this with my 70-300.
Thanks for all the imput again, it helps to have fresh sets of eyes give you the wake up call that you can't see for yourself.