Dotted Bee Fly

Found dead on our conservatory window cill yesterday.

K5, 100mm D FA Macro, Tamron 1.4x conv., tripod.
Man. exposure & focus.
Af240t flash, off-camera, bounce off white card reflector.

stack of 30 images, Combine Zp.

Liked by pauljay Dorset_Mike Grodgeman

Uploaded24/04/2017 - 21:40

CategoryWildlife / Nature

BodyPENTAX K-5

Shutter Speed1/60

Aperturef/8

LensN/A

ISO200

Focal Length100mm

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Date Taken	24/04/2017 - 18:04
Make	PENTAX
Model	PENTAX K-5
Program Mode	Manual
Metering Mode	Spot
Shutter Speed	1/60
Aperture	f/8
ISO	200
Focal Length	100mm
Lens	N/A

davidwozhere davidwozhere

3699 posts
12 years
Slap in the middle of England

Posted 25/04/2017 - 00:09 Link

I don't like 'dead' but this is one way we can all get a good look at one of these things that normally zip around too fast to catch their detail. I'll post a pic of one actually using that strange tongue to help our understanding.

Both the *istDS and the K5 are incurably addicted to old glass

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GIULIO57 GIULIO57

31 posts
17 years
Firenze-Italia

Posted 25/04/2017 - 05:36 Link

Great technical work

PPG

wozfromcov wozfromcov

48 posts
13 years
coventry

Posted 25/04/2017 - 10:30 Link

looks like it just woke up from a night on the town.

Teaka53 Teaka53

83 posts
13 years
Norfolk UK

Posted 25/04/2017 - 14:25 Link

Stunning detail

Malc

autumnlight autumnlight

473 posts
15 years
Derbyshire

Posted 25/04/2017 - 17:11 Link

Fabulous shot!

Kind regards Maria

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coker coker

1547 posts
16 years
Wiltshire

Posted 25/04/2017 - 17:43 Link

Agree with your points, David, about "dead".

But when this presented itself, well preserved albeit a tad dusty(!), it seemed rude not to take the opportunity to record some detail of the creature....

Thanks for the interest shown, all.

Roger.

The more I look, the more there is to see!