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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Hover Fly on Tiny Yellow Flower
From: don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)
Date: Mon, 25 May 2020 13:11:20 -0500
References: <973b8fcb-064d-5962-d7c2-ae60089324e8@lighttube.net>

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
>
> --
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
>
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Don
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