Your opinion? Melanostoma Hover fly.

[Mantis Man]

I had to add this to lightroom to add light as it was very dark.

 

[Michael]

A bit bright, but head details looks good to me

 

[Jack]

Same for me, is a bit bright, You added to much exposure on it. Are you editing pictures on Lightroom ?

 

[Mantis Man]

I had to with this, as the original was way to dark

 

[Jack]

I had to with this, as the original was way to dark

Looks perfect for me to be honest. Btw, how you managed to shoot that bee?

 

[Mantis Man]

which one

 

[Jack]

which one

Original picture, which is a bit dark.

 

[Mantis Man]

At my mums garden a while back, She has a huge garden with well established Flowers and shrubs. They have a lot of these hover flies, Only problem is they see a shadow they move and it was a bit cold and shady so i presume it needed to warm up. Early is morning is the best time to catch shots of insects as they need to warm up before they can move as fast.

 

[Jack]

At my mums garden a while back, She has a huge garden with well established Flowers and shrubs. They have a lot of these hover flies, Only problem is they see a shadow they move and it was a bit cold and shady so i presume it needed to warm up. Early is morning is the best time to catch shots of insects as they need to warm up before they can move as fast.

That's great, have you tried to use a diffuser ? So you can increase your shutter speed and lowering your ISO. For me is a bit hard to catch insects, so now I'm sticking with flowers , and other small objects.

 

[Mantis Man]

I have a diffuser now, but at this time I did not