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The World According to Hoverflies(w)

© Eric Highfield

The World According to Hoverflies(w)

Uploaded: March 03, 2004

Description

Taken as part of a “extension tube experiment”, Shot in the prone position with a Nikon 50mm and a ridiculously large stack of extension tubes (unfortunately I can't remember how many!).

Comments

Steve Casey March 03, 2004

Very nice picture, Eric. Well done! #103228

Marie Fields March 03, 2004

This is AWESOME! #406526

Heather L. Jacks March 03, 2004

WoW!!! Excellent work! #406581

Murry Grigsby March 03, 2004

Terrific point of focus and DOF Eric! The clarity of the hoverfly is great!! #406630

Colette M. Metcalf March 03, 2004

Nice image!! #406784

Joyce Baldassarre March 04, 2004

GREAT SHOT!!!!!!!!!!!! #407272

Eric Highfield level-classic March 04, 2004

Wow, I'm flattered by your respones! I guess it sometimes it pays to fiddle around with crazy experiments! Thanks so much, Steve, Marie, Heather, Murry, Colette, and Joyce! #407942

Kelly Abernathy level-classic April 12, 2004

WOW! Just another shot that showcases your talent. Beautiful and Congrats! Good luck -K #476035

Marie Fields April 12, 2004

Told you this was AWESOME!!! Way to go, Eric!!! #476681

Maryam S. April 12, 2004

Congratulations, Eric! Beautiful picture! #477201

Karen Engelbreth April 14, 2004

Congratulations Eric! #483149

Eric Highfield level-classic April 14, 2004

Thanks everyone your support means a lot! I actually have a Macro lens, but I just love playing around with different equipment configurations to see what results I get. I guess it paid off this time. Thanks again! #483604

Ron Goldman April 15, 2004

Congratulations on your win Eric! #485376

William C. Raco level-classic April 15, 2004

Congratulations, Eric.
Excellent work and award.

bill #485410

Marie Fields April 15, 2004

CONGRATULATIONS, Eric!!!! #485428

Kathleen Clemons April 15, 2004

Congratulations to you, Eric! :) #485434

Nancy Grace Chen April 15, 2004

Incredible capture. I don't know how I missed it going through the finalists! (I guess I thought it was a blurry flower shot from the thumbnail.) The DOF is perfect for making the fly just pop out of the picture. BIG congrats on your winner!!


Nancy
nacespace.com/photos #485532

Kelly Abernathy level-classic April 15, 2004

Woo-Hoo!! Congratulations Eric!! So well deserved!! I'm happy for you -K #485693

Casey A. Hanson April 15, 2004

Way to go Eric! Congrats!! #485781

Susan T. Parady April 15, 2004

Congratulations, Eric!!! #485830

Kathleen R. Struckle April 15, 2004

Congratulations,Eric!! Wonderful image!! #485866

Maryam S. April 15, 2004

Congratulations on your win Eric! #485929

Karen Lewis-Gunn April 16, 2004

Congratulations on your win Eric! This is an amazing photo! A more than worthy winner! #486068

Colette M. Metcalf April 16, 2004

Congratulations, Eric! #486096

Danilo Piccioni April 16, 2004

Just perfect!

congratulationssssssssssssssss! #486249

Bob Cammarata April 16, 2004

Many congrats Eric, on this terrific execution of a difficult shot.
Bob #486389

Karen Engelbreth April 16, 2004

Congratulations on your win Eric! #486694

Gary O`Dell April 16, 2004

Many congrats Eric on your Win..Gary O #486729

Ellen Peach level-classic April 16, 2004

Congratulations, Eric! #487001

Robin L. Wehrman April 16, 2004

Hi Eric!! Congratulations on your win, well deserved!!!!!!!!!! Robin #487073

Murry Grigsby April 16, 2004

Congrats on your win Eric! #487274

Pu Chen April 16, 2004

You certainly made the hoverfly very pretty! Love the patterns on the fly's back and how the blurry flower look on the background! Congratulations, Eric! #487475

Susie Peek-Swint April 16, 2004

Worth the work for this great capture ~ many congrats! #487744

Eric Highfield level-classic April 16, 2004

I can't express how honoured I am to have one of my images included along side the incredible works of the other Winners & Finalists! I can think of 20 or 30 other photos in this category that could easily take the place of mine up here (at least that many!) . I almost feel guilty!

Thank you all for your support, it's truly appreciated! BetterPhoto is truly unique haven on the web, not only for it's great information and services, but the largest part of it's appeal is the high calibre of people that grace it's pages! This of course, means all of YOU! #487978

Evy Johansen level-classic April 17, 2004

Many Congratulations, Eric! Very well deserved! #488048

Allan L. Whitehead April 17, 2004

Eric, my very dear friend, congratulations on this really well deserved winner. Both the photograph and the win are absolutely terrifc. Extremely well done - your friend, Allan #488188

Rita Richter April 19, 2004

Eric, forgive the delay, I just saw your success on the page! Many congratulations, it's well deserved........kind regards Rita #492001

Eric Highfield level-classic April 20, 2004

Evy, Allan, & Rita, thank you so much! This win is a great honour, but it is an even a greater honour being on the receiving such generous comments from people such as your selves. Your words are inspiration! #492585

Elizabeth J. Bernier April 21, 2004

Whoa great shot Eric!!!Many congrats on your win...well deserved!!!Glad to have seen this on the display page,haven't had a chance to go through all the winners!!Good to see a win by you!!Congrats! #495779

Susan T. Evans level-classic April 22, 2004

Congrats on your win Eric, awesome capture, wonderfully done!!!! well deserved! #497526

Eric Highfield level-classic April 22, 2004

Thank you Elizabeth and Susan! #497826

Karma Wilson May 30, 2005

Eric, I'm intimately aware of how small these hover flies are! I have some shots myself. I always think, "If only people truly knew!" I missed this. It's great! Love the color! My hover flies were around a rather bland flowering tree. :-)

Karma #1411978

Eric Highfield level-classic May 31, 2005

Thanks, Karma. This was back before I had a Macro lens or a coupling ring. Life is a lot easier now without the 6 or so extension tubes and having to manually calculate exposures! #1416175

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