The Hoverfly
Most of us are very familiar with the hoverfly. Their flight patterns are very recognizable and have flustered generations of photographers attempting to get one in flight. As they stay in the same place for short periods of time, it is very tempting to try to get a picture of one in flight. This photographer was tempting by one over the weekend. Alas, the hoverfly one and I wound up with all of one out of focus picture that was quickly deleted. Still, I managed to get a few half way decent ones of the hoverfly landed.
![](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3144/2514092246_bc40fcef1a_o.jpg" width="800" height="533" alt="Hoverfly" /></a>)
I don’t like the white background at all in this shot, but I had to take what the fly provided. I tried photographing another two other hoverflies in more photogenic areas but none of the shots turned out. Note that whenever taking insects on a white background, make sure to dial up the MT-24EX a stop or two. Otherwise the picture will show up as too dark due to the metering in the camera. This picture is close to the brightness of the original, but previous shots I took were too dark.
After reading a bit though, I never knew how beneficial these flies truly are.