A few from the Garden and nearby

[davholla]

A solitary bee which let me try stacking Anthophora plumipes
Bumblee bee IMG_1781 by davholla2002, on Flickr
A hoverfly which didn't
Hoverfly IMG_1788 by davholla2002, on Flickr
A moth, which like many moth photos (not just mine, misses something, I have seen very few photos of moths which have a wow factor)
Moth IMG_1817 by davholla2002, on Flickr

 

[GardenersHelper]

I'm surprised the bee gave you enough time for a stack; usually the ones I see are rushing around. How many images did you use? Hand-held? Natural light? (so no flash recharging issue?) I suppose it could be done quite quickly if there weren't many shots and it was hand-held with natural light.

I like the hoverfly best. The hoverfly, and the background. Nice.

 

[Graham]

Nice shots David. I like the hover too, its nice and bright unfortunately is not as sharp as I would like, I think if this was with natural light then that will happen.
I agree about Moths although there are some very nice ones out there if you look on some sites.

 

[davholla]

I'm surprised the bee gave you enough time for a stack; usually the ones I see are rushing around. How many images did you use? Hand-held? Natural light? (so no flash recharging issue?) I suppose it could be done quite quickly if there weren't many shots and it was hand-held with natural light.

I like the hoverfly best. The hoverfly, and the background. Nice.

The bee and moth were natural light, the hoverfly was with flash.

 

[GardenersHelper]

I like the hover too, its nice and bright unfortunately is not as sharp as I would like

I think that might be narrow DoF Graham rather than lack of sharpness.

 

[davholla]

I think that might be narrow DoF Graham rather than lack of sharpness.

I think it probably was not quite side on to me - normally those settings are sharper than that