Intimate moments caught on camera

[telemarker (Keith)]

Caught these hover flies hanging around.

[astro_south (Andrew)]

Great capture Tele ... talk about timing

Care to divulge camera / lens / settings details?

p.s. they are hover flies.

[Ric]

That's a pretty amazing mid air shot.

Great timing and well done.

Cheers

[telemarker (Keith)]

Used a Panasonic FZ50 with a Raynox DCR-150 macro.
Settings were F11, 1/1000s, on board flash, tele zoomed to 190mm (35 equiv).

Post google, you're correct (shows how much I know!!) but they were hovering like that for over 5 min in the one spot. The one on top had to do all the flying. They weren't perturbed by having a camera stuck in their faces and flashes going off. Preoccupied I suppose.

[Dennis]

Terrific photo - well captured and well done!

Cheers

Dennis

[ving (David)]

wow! wht are they doing?

[middy]

Originally Posted by ving

wow! wht are they doing?

Well the Daddy fly has a big stinger and the Mummy fly doesn't, so when they fall in love the Daddy fly ...... aah forget it, go look it up in a book Ving.

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

I think I need a cigarette after looking at that photo.

Amazing capture!

[ving (David)]

@ jeanette!

you owe me a coffee and a new keyboard!

[leon]

Yep, that surely is a great capture, well done.

Leon