Hoverfly approaching a flower.

[David Cowling]

Taken last summer.

Olympus E-M1 Pentax Asahi Takumar 100mm Macro Hand held. Manual focus

1/640 @ f 11 ISO 100

[John Robinson]

Oh- that 100mm Takumar lens again !
very nice
John

[Allen Sparks]

Hi David,
I like the sharp focus on the head and thorax. The wing blur is just right - gives a nice sense of motion. Fine image.

Allen

[Jonathan Ashton]

David the hoverfly is pretty sharp in the head and thorax, the plane of focus would not permit entire focus, I appreciate they don't usually fly at the angle you would have wished for. Image quality seems to be suffering a little, how big was the crop, maybe a smaller crop would make a big difference to the quality. The colours are good but I would suggest a tad more "pop" to give some contrast. (Selective colour or a curves adjustment).

[Ron Conlon]

I like the different look from the older lens.

[Steve Maxson]

Not an easy shot to get - congratulations for nailing the fly in flight! There are a few things that may make the image even better - you might consider cropping a little off the left. I would also suggest doing some NR on the background to smooth it out more. I'm noticing a sharpening halo around the fly. Backing off a little on your sharpening would eliminate that. Overall, this is nicely done and worth a few tweaks to put it over the top!