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    Another little Hover

    Little Hover +/- 1cm long

    Exif:7D; 100 mm macro; f11; 1/250; iso 250; Extension tubes; Man diffused flash

    C&C welcomed as always.

    Another little Hover

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    Re: Another little Hover

    Quote Originally Posted by rudi View Post
    Little Hover C&C welcomed as always.
    Coool! …it is not often that one gets such a sight of the counter weight wings…!

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    Re: Another little Hover

    Excellent, Rudi. Nice detail, some color, and clean BG. What's not to like? Maybe a slight crop or bit of cloning to eliminate the dark corner at upper right. That's the only nit I can offer in the way of suggestions. Nicely done.

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    Re: Another little Hover

    Nicely captured.

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    Re: Another little Hover

    That's one of the best I have seen.

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    Re: Another little Hover

    Very nicely captured I'd be more than pleased with that one.

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    Re: Another little Hover

    Superb composition....

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    Re: Another little Hover

    Superb

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    Re: Another little Hover

    Very nice shot, but would definitely crop out the top right corner.

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    Re: Another little Hover

    Nice composition and colors

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    Re: Another little Hover

    Good detail in the eye and I like the level at which you have taken the shot. I try this too.

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    Re: Another little Hover

    There is greenish tint to the halteres and the tibia seem rather slender, Rudi. So I would suspect this is a Melanstoma species male.

    Some over exposure on the flower but this is often impossible to avoid. I've just spent too long touching in a similar problem and I think I probably wasted my time as the insect wasn't perfect anyway. But slightly uncommon, so I wanted some form of record.

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    Re: Another little Hover

    Thanks all for comments and suggestions. Really appreciated.

    A Melanstoma sp was also my estimated guess.

    White flowers and bugs is asking for problems I guess, but a lot off white in the garden those days, not possible to ignore (for me at least). Keeper rate is even smaller than usual (so nearly nothing...). But its a good excercise.

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