I expect there’ll be all sorts of “moving” entries for this week’s photo challenge, but I thought I’d refer back to what I seem to know best … bugs 🙂
Only bits of this hoverfly were really on the move, I’ve read differing reports about how fast its wings actually beat (anything between 120 and 300 beats per second) but either way, it’s bloody fast. Even with the old “Anti-Ansel Adams” fast shutter speed going on, I still only managed a blur for the wings.
What a way to live!
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© Alice through the Macro Lens [2014]
Alice through the Macro Lens 
beautiful images
Thank you very much 🙂
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I love macro and these are so goo.
janet
I assume you meant to write “good,” but “goo” is a great adjective 🙂
Whoops! Flying fingers make mistakes. Yes, “good” was my intention. 🙂 But if you like “goo”, take that as a compliment as well.
Thank you! I will 🙂
Love the iridescent blur in the first image and the composition of the second and third. Great vibrant tones!
I’m not really a photographer, so your comments sound very grand for my pictures.
Thank you for taking time to write them 🙂
Not really a photographer??? Are you kidding? [chuckle] Yes, you are!
Seriously like these shots. I’ve never been successful. Mine are always a blur
There are plenty of blurry ones too. I finally figured out that I should focus on the bottom edge of the flower, then wait for the hoverfly until it looked like it was at about the same distance away. Trying to focus on the hoverfly itself was a joke.
It’s great that you figured that out and was able to capture several great shots