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Sep 09, 2007 14:17 |  #1

Managed to get out today for 2 hours.
This is one of the first things I found to shoot.

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Sep 09, 2007 14:51 |  #2

awesome shot Brian. love the detail on both of them. i can't never seem to get both in focus when i have multiple subject.

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Sep 09, 2007 15:04 |  #3

not seen them mating, female looks quite a bit bigger; wonder if she turns to eat the male afterwards? Well exposed shot.


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Sep 09, 2007 15:13 |  #4

Bill Pham wrote in post #3894338 (external link)
awesome shot Brian. love the detail on both of them. i can't never seem to get both in focus when i have multiple subject.

Bill

Thank you Bill for your kind comments.

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not seen them mating, female looks quite a bit bigger; wonder if she turns to eat the male afterwards? Well exposed shot.

Thanks Toby. First time I have seen them at it. They were very low to the ground.


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Sep 09, 2007 15:15 as a reply to  @ racketman's post |  #5

Great shot Brian. I still haven't seen on of these yet, let alone 2 mating.

In fact haven't been out with the camera for a few days. Too much to do an too little time to do it all...


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Sep 09, 2007 15:23 |  #6

dreamline wrote in post #3894479 (external link)
Great shot Brian. I still haven't seen on of these yet, let alone 2 mating.

In fact haven't been out with the camera for a few days. Too much to do an too little time to do it all...

Thanks Bernie.


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Sep 10, 2007 09:40 |  #7

Excellent capture- never seen one robberfly let alone 2 mating !
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Sep 10, 2007 13:29 |  #8

LordV wrote in post #3899645 (external link)
Excellent capture- never seen one robberfly let alone 2 mating !
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Thanks Brian. Where I go for my walk around I had several of them land on my arm as I'm taking shots.


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Sep 10, 2007 13:41 as a reply to  @ skylab's post |  #9

Awesome Capture. Ive had one land on my arm thats it. Never seen any anywhere else.

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Sep 10, 2007 14:09 |  #10

alliec wrote in post #3901021 (external link)
Awesome Capture. Ive had one land on my arm thats it. Never seen any anywhere else.

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Sep 10, 2007 17:26 |  #11

Very cool image here Brian!! Robbers are really cool subjects I think,, and you caught them mating,, nice sharp image and like the backround colors


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Sep 10, 2007 22:01 |  #12
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Excellent shots Brian - surprised that they're mating like that, I've seen them mating several times, tail to tail. Interesting.

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Sep 10, 2007 22:19 |  #13

Great camera angle and use of background to set off the robberflies.

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Sep 11, 2007 12:11 |  #14

Excellent shot Brian I haven't seen a robberfly yet either


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Sep 11, 2007 12:23 |  #15

Bill Pham wrote in post #3894338 (external link)
awesome shot Brian. love the detail on both of them. i can't never seem to get both in focus when i have multiple subject.

Bill

Well bill, he did managed to get both subjects on the same focal plane -- parallel to it. Including the plant they were on. He also used a f11 aperture which makes most of the frame in focus. Even if he used f22, but the subjects were head on. They would have not been in focus at all -- I hope this helps. I learned this composition/focus technique from a fellow photog. It has helped my shots being tack sharp a lot.!!! Just like his shot!!!


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