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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: Jeremy Roussak on May 31, 2025, 10:17:35 am

Title: gazing at … the sun?
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on May 31, 2025, 10:17:35 am

Manchester

Jeremy

Title: Re: gazing at … the sun?
Post by: degrub on May 31, 2025, 11:19:51 am

Neat !
How did you get a robber ? and a damsel on the same wheat head ?

Title: Re: gazing at … the sun?
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on May 31, 2025, 01:22:25 pm

Thanks! I think it's a southern silver stiletto fly, in fact. I took some shots of what I think is a robber fly on the same morning (https://forum.luminous-landscape.com/index.php?topic=144717.0).

In answer to your question, I put them there. It was very early in the morning, just after dawn, and pretty cold. I found them on stalks (to be more accurate, the chap I was with found them on stalks; he has an amazing eye). They were just active enough to be gently persuaded to crawl from their stalk to the head and, after a little time to settle down, stayed sufficiently still for me to take the focus bracket of 20-odd shots. Sadly, my A7Riv doesn't have automatic focus bracketing, so it had to be done by hand; it takes less than a minute.

Jeremy

Title: Re: gazing at … the sun?
Post by: francois on June 04, 2025, 06:57:46 am

Another clean and superb shot… I know nothing about these insects but your photo is impressive.