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Death on the Firetrail
Death on the Firetrail
GregoryB


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Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS
Location: Firetrail near home
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 250
Shutter: 1/2000
Galleries: Snapshot, Nature
Date Uploaded: Apr 1, 2008

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Comments: 17
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 I was watching this Robber Fly sitting on our boundary fence - he kept flying off and then coming back to almost the same spot but he wouldn't stay put long enough for me to get a decent shot. Then all of a sudden he took off in a different direction and landed on this Telstra (phone company) star peg. The reason is evident. Honey bees are a favourite food for Robber Flies. Focal length 400mm.

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 04/10/2008 09:43:35 PM
Great shot! Yes, when a macro lens is impractical, a nice long lens works just fine.
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 04/06/2008 12:01:17 AM
This is a great capture, even with the quickness of the Robber Fly. I can only imagine the shot you could have got if it had held still long enough. Love all the detail, amazing to see the little hairs on the body.
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 04/05/2008 12:11:41 AM
Now that's one nasty bug. I don't blame you for shooting @ 400mm, I wouldn't want to get close to this thing. Good job capturing the "action".
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 04/03/2008 06:13:49 PM
Excellent capture - 400mm wow !!
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 04/02/2008 11:06:50 PM
WOW what a capture.....
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 04/02/2008 03:25:49 PM
Yowza. Not sure I'd want to get all that close to that thing. And it shouldn't eat honey bees! Wasps, OK, but not honey bees! Bad bug.... I will say it did choose a nice background to let you isolate the subject well.
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 04/02/2008 12:28:26 PM
Glad to see you getting such good use out of that new lens. At 400mm you must have been quite a ways off. Great job keeping it steady. The yellow makes a wonderful backdrop to play up the drama.
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 04/02/2008 11:18:13 AM
Great macro work. Good job capturing this guy must have been difficult with him darting all over. Great Detail in the legs and wings.
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 04/02/2008 10:07:39 AM
Awwww. ..poor little honey bee. My photo for today can be a tribute to the poor fellow who lost his life to the robber fly.

Man. . .you are so good at macros too! You can see every little creepy fuzzy hair. Amazing!
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 04/01/2008 10:54:39 PM
fabulous capture Greg but ewww YUCK! fascinating stuff all around us eh?
I really love that Yellow!!
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 04/01/2008 08:48:44 PM
this is brilliant .. i love the colours of the post contrasting with the robberfly .. i feel sorry for the bee, but we all have to eat ..
& you buggar !!! .. i really wanted to photograph this one .. you're lucky you can photograph so close from such a distance .. i need to be so close physically, that often i scare wotever it is away ..
i've been wondering if dragonflies eat bees for some time now and wanting to catch one in the act ... now i know that robberflies eat bees that's wot i'll be looking for .. the next one is mine !!! ..:)x

Message edited by author 2008-04-01 20:49:22.
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 04/01/2008 07:48:06 PM
Eeeek...I'd never be able to get that close. Really cool capture.
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 04/01/2008 07:25:07 PM
400mm? You luck devil! Great shot, I'd love to see some funky processing applied to this one! Check out Roz's shot for day 1. Look forward to the rest of your posts.
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 04/01/2008 05:50:12 PM
Excellent capture!
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 04/01/2008 05:43:57 PM
What great detail you got here! Lucky you for him finally landing and staying still long enough for you to catch him. Great info too!
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 04/01/2008 05:40:10 PM
Wow... I'm going to have to try my 100-400mm for some of these shots. Nice capture.
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 04/01/2008 05:23:33 PM
Wow - rare to see a bee look so submissive (or is it dead - grin!) Again the eyes of the Fly look like cut stones - amazing.
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