Post your insects in flight photos!

[Scott Murray]

Flying long legged fly.

 

[Scott Murray]

Cross wind.

 

[Scott Murray]

Steady as she goes.

 

[Ironwood]

Great shots of a difficult subject there Scott.

 

[Scott Murray]

Great shots of a difficult subject there Scott.

​Cheers Brad, sure wasn't easy.

 

[Marilynne]

Butterflies are tough to get in flight

Gulf Fritillary

 

[aroy]

Found some in my archives

 

[Marilynne]

Great bee shots Ajoy.

 

[nzswift]

Not as good as Aroy!! Lens attached was a 300mm prime but I'm quite pleased with it.....

 

[J-see]

Found some in my archives

Looking at the shutter speed, I'm impressed. Especially the last one; 1/60th makes me scratch my head.

 

[aroy]

Looking at the shutter speed, I'm impressed. Especially the last one; 1/60th makes me scratch my head.

No need to scratch your head, the answer is simple. Each shot was taken with on board flash. So in effect the shutter speed was over 1/5000, freezing the action.

I had read the "flash" trick in an article on photographing humming birds. The author used multiple high speed, high power strobes to "Freeze" action. Of course it was an elaborate affair, with bait and multiple triggers, but I took the spirit and implemented it with what I have.

 

[aroy]

Here are a few more bee shots







All these are cropped 1:1 to 800x800 pixels. Taken without flash but in bright sunlight at 6fps.

 

[nzswift]

A Monarch in flight looking for a spot to lay her eggs.....

 

[Andrew Cresswell]

A couple of mine...

 

[mikew_RIP]

Hoverfly

 

[Marilynne]

My best to date

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[Friggs]

Attack of the hummingbird moth. Get off my flower!

DSC_8272_edited_2 by William Friggle, on Flickr

 

[wev]

 

[Marilynne]

I love when you're shooting something and find something else when processing and it's in focus!!!

 

[Marilynne]

Here's another with some sort of bee

Model	NIKON D7100
Capture Date	2015:08:29 09:30:46
Shutter Speed	1/1500
Aperture	f/6.3
ISO	1100
Exposure Comp.	1.00EV
Focal length	600.00mm