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Insects in Flight ( You can blame deadal - Chris for this one )

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Old 21-05-07, 20:57
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Hugh the best time is in the evening thats when they usually come out. I went and stood underneath the conifer and waited, they soon found me.
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Old 21-05-07, 23:36
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nice one christine - set a new standard
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Old 22-05-07, 13:58
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Awww, just give her the prize

Im gobsmacked tbh !!
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Old 22-05-07, 19:47
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Really well done Chistine. How you or Rob locked onto a knat is beyond me.

I had to be in today waiting for Kenko 1.4 and 2x to arrive. So having sn your post ..................... I must have spent a good 2 hours chasing small flies around the garden. Due to the wind none would hover in one place for longer than a micro second. So no pics I'm afraid. Perhaps I need to change my mind on the lens as I was trying to be flash with 105mm, 12mm tube and 2x converter to max the magnification . Snag is dof is non existant with that lot, so unless they enter even the zone of soft focus you cannot see them in the viewfinder.

No hoverflys yet but when they arrive they will be a more tempting subject. Tricky, but I feel easier than a knat.

Cloud arrived at the same time the converters were delivered, but fingers crossed I may get a test on the moon later tonight.

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LOL! Don, at least you should be fit now. I just went into the shade of a conifer at dusk last night and there were about three flying in the same place, I focused on a tree trunk roughly the same distance away as the gnats and waited untill I saw them in the viewfinder and just snapped.
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We have a Leylandii so I have just been out for a look. A few of something there, so got the camera and ................ they moved higher out of reach.

I think mine must be camera shy.

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Old 22-05-07, 21:20
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Another one for the collection
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Old 22-05-07, 21:38
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Things I get blamed for! I could only compete on quantity rather than quality, only I have just gone and removed about 30 from a shot from High Raise along with my 2 blobs of sensor dust which I was almost becoming fond of but removed or shoved down below normal horizon level
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well heres my effort, i took about 50 shots at least but he would not fly still! cropped and a tiny bit of sharpening with picassa
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Old 31-05-07, 22:04
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Nice one crazee horse. Last line of your sig quite appropriate on this forum.

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