Thematic Insects

**TER-OR** · 07-23-2019, 05:55 AM

Yeah, many of these hoverflies are tiny. The advantage is they're everywhere and a pretty calm subject. Often getting a great shot is luck, since even tiny amounts of subject blur knock them out of the focus plane - even when shooting at f/16!
The Syrphid flies and other flies are an under-studied subject. If you know an aspiring entomologist, it's a good subject.

There are also tiny soldier flies which spend a lot of time on flowers. I don't know a lot about their life cycle, but they're fun subjects.

**pepperberry farm** · 07-25-2019, 03:00 AM - **2 Likes**

**WPRESTO** · 07-25-2019, 04:56 AM - **2 Likes**

I posted a different version of this fly earlier. That one was a single file, this is a three file focus stack which has added some detail on the fly but at the expense of some ugly artifacts especially in the bokehed background.

**pepperberry farm** · 07-27-2019, 05:42 AM - **2 Likes**

**pepperberry farm** · 07-27-2019, 05:42 AM

**pepperberry farm** · 07-27-2019, 05:44 AM - **1 Like**

**WPRESTO** · 07-27-2019, 12:36 PM - **1 Like**

A milkweed beetle, almost always easy to find in the summer, and a water strider that's a scan from a chrome

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Fritz · 07-27-2019, 09:09 PM

A Pale Swallowtail I think.

**goatsNdonkey** · 07-28-2019, 05:37 PM - **2 Likes**

Yellow Swallowtail pollenating Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum)

RMC Tokina F/5.6 100-300mm + K10D
Image cropped.

**WPRESTO** · 07-30-2019, 12:29 PM - **3 Likes**

Two shots of a reasonably cooperative dragonfly

**WPRESTO** · 07-31-2019, 04:54 AM - **4 Likes**

A small butterfly, about 0.75 inches (<2.0cm) long. I moved as far to the left as possible trying to get where the wings would be parallel to the sensor, but it wasn't possible Tall weeds and pushing through them would have (and after this shot did) send the butterfly away.

**pepperberry farm** · 08-02-2019, 03:00 AM - **1 Like**

testing the new macro lens

**pepperberry farm** · 08-04-2019, 03:47 PM - **3 Likes**

**WPRESTO** · 08-05-2019, 02:14 PM

Attractive pinkish moth.

**TER-OR** · 08-06-2019, 05:29 AM

Originally posted by WPRESTO

Attractive pinkish moth.

Primrose moth?
Primrose moth - Schinia florida - BugGuide.Net

Very nice capture.

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07-23-2019, 05:55 AM	#631
TER-OR Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Dundee, IL Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,699	Yeah, many of these hoverflies are tiny. The advantage is they're everywhere and a pretty calm subject. Often getting a great shot is luck, since even tiny amounts of subject blur knock them out of the focus plane - even when shooting at f/16! The Syrphid flies and other flies are an under-studied subject. If you know an aspiring entomologist, it's a good subject. There are also tiny soldier flies which spend a lot of time on flowers. I don't know a lot about their life cycle, but they're fun subjects.

07-25-2019, 03:00 AM - 2 Likes	#632
pepperberry farm amateur dirt farmer Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: probably out in a field somewhere... Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 41,660

07-27-2019, 05:42 AM - 2 Likes	#634
pepperberry farm amateur dirt farmer Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: probably out in a field somewhere... Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 41,660

07-27-2019, 05:42 AM	#635
pepperberry farm amateur dirt farmer Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: probably out in a field somewhere... Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 41,660

07-27-2019, 05:44 AM - 1 Like	#636
pepperberry farm amateur dirt farmer Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: probably out in a field somewhere... Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 41,660

07-27-2019, 09:09 PM	#638
Fritz Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Tillamook, OR Posts: 1,222	A Pale Swallowtail I think.

07-28-2019, 05:37 PM - 2 Likes	#639
goatsNdonkey Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Fulton County, Illinois Posts: 3,727	Yellow Swallowtail pollenating Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum) RMC Tokina F/5.6 100-300mm + K10D Image cropped.

08-02-2019, 03:00 AM - 1 Like	#642
pepperberry farm amateur dirt farmer Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: probably out in a field somewhere... Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 41,660	testing the new macro lens

08-04-2019, 03:47 PM - 3 Likes	#643
pepperberry farm amateur dirt farmer Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: probably out in a field somewhere... Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 41,660

08-06-2019, 05:29 AM	#645
TER-OR Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Dundee, IL Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 6,699	Originally posted by WPRESTO Attractive pinkish moth. Primrose moth? Primrose moth - Schinia florida - BugGuide.Net Very nice capture.

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