Flower Fly

[Steve Maxson]

This Flower Fly (family Syrphidae, Sphaerophoria spp. - I think), a wasp mimic, was foraging on a daisy flower. 40D, 100 mm f/2.8 macro, 1/250, f/16, ISO 100, MT-24 twin lites (diffused), hand held. All comments are welcome and appreciated.

[Kaushik Balakumar]

Liked the sharp head and the details in it. Nice composition too.
Might increase the brightness of the white petals (in the upper half of the image) which look a bit dull currently.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Steve,
This does look a bit dark overall on the whites and bug overall....especially towards the back half. Great comp as usual and the shrpness is where it needs to be!

[Steve Maxson]

Thanks for the comments Kaushik and Roman. Here is a somewhat brighter version. :)

[Mike Moats]

Hey Steve, nice comp, good details on the fly and brightening whites does look better.

[Ken Childs]

Steve, this looks really good. I prefer the yellows in the first post and the whites in the second post. :)