Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Hoverflies mating midair.jpg

 
Hoverflies mating in midair

This image was exceptionally difficult to capture, as the insects are only about 10mm long and tracking them in order to get a focused closeup is not easy! Taken at the extreme macro end of my Sigma 150 macro, the DOF is perhaps not ideal but I don't think it detracts very much from the image.

A lot of persistence and about 3 days of shooting :-) --Fir0002 07:08, 22 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
3 days - that's serious stamina... from Fir and the hoverflies ;-) --YFB ¿ 05:11, 25 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
:-) --Tewy 00:22, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Excellent capture. Will support if information about where it is taken (place or region, even though I can guess :)) is added to the image page for "encyclopaedic" factor.--Melburnian 07:50, 22 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Done --Fir0002 08:30, 22 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Support nice work--Melburnian 12:09, 22 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
(Later comment - of course it's difficult to tell where one fly ends and the next begins! They're mating! DS 14:49, 13 February 2007 (UTC))[reply]
Fixed, sorry about that - can't believe I didn't see it! --Fir0002 23:09, 22 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Hoverflies mating midair.jpg --KFP (talk | contribs) 21:06, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]