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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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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