PhotograClare » macroshot http://www.photograclare.co.uk Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:37:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 Hoverfly http://www.photograclare.co.uk/hoverfly.htm http://www.photograclare.co.uk/hoverfly.htm#comments Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:53:14 +0000 Clare Topping http://www.photograclare.co.uk/?p=698 I couldn’t resist a sunny afternoon and, finally, some insects to photograph.  As usual this was taken in the back garden using my macro lens.

In this picture I was aiming to get the composition right, which is not always possible when nature is involved (for some it is, but I don’t believe in putting insects in fridges or cutting them from one picture to put in another).

The composition of this could be improved if the hoverfly had decided to sit on the left hand side flower, other than that I think that the focus is in the right place, and the bokeh works well.  In addition, the hoverfly (apart from the wing furthest from the camera) is pretty sharp in close up, and the colours are quite soft and muted.

The photo was taken at ISO200, 1/160secs at f/5.0 (the sun had gone in at this point, hence the wide aperture, and the muted colours) – I had the camera set to shutter priority.

I am thinking of entering this into the club’s natural history competition, but I am torn, the shot also looks quite good when cropped in on the hoverfly.  I have included the cropped version below – what do you think?

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