[Leica] IMG: Hover Fly on Tiny Yellow Flower
Jim Nichols
jhnichols at lighttube.net
Mon May 25 11:17:25 PDT 2020
Thanks, Don. I was using an early micro 4/3 body and a 4/3 lens, with
adapter. Seems to work nicely.
On 5/25/20 1:11 PM, Don Dory via LUG wrote:
> Excellent practice when carrying a macro. You did a good job with focus.
>
> On Mon, May 25, 2020 at 10:10 AM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
> wrote:
>
>>> Any time I'm out with a macro lens, I keep an eye out for small
>>> insects. While trying my Olympus 50/2.0 Macro on the Oly E-M1 body
>>> for the first time, I spotted this guy. I have often confused these
>>> with sweat bees, but, with a single pair of wings and no stinger, it
>>> has been pointed out to me by my insect and butterfly guru, Dean
>>> Hansen, that it is actually a fly. It is more colorful than most
>>> sweat bees.
>>>
>>> I searched for the identity of the flower, but there are just too many
>>> of this sort for me to come up with a proper identity.
>>>
>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20200524-P5241652.JPG.html
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