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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Hover Fly on Tiny Yellow Flower
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Mon, 25 May 2020 13:17:25 -0500
References: <973b8fcb-064d-5962-d7c2-ae60089324e8@lighttube.net> <CA+3n+_no2+W8L3e8hYG2nd7w5R8x7deGG2EECtjqfQ8G9Awxhg@mail.gmail.com>

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
>> --
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
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Jim Nichols
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In reply to: Message from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] IMG: Hover Fly on Tiny Yellow Flower)
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