The Bearded King by NightGallery

Photography • Macro • posted on Jul 21, 2010

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Well, have to say I am really stoked on this one! I have been waiting for 2 years to get a shot of this Robber Fly. I believe it is something near a Mallophora fautrix. But no promises. I caught a shot of one a couple years ago but that was on a chainlink fence with the zoom lens (bad shot). Today I got lucky. Went to a local Arboretum and this guy landed right on the stem as I was looking for other insects. He was cleaning himself so pretty docile. The good news, I got a couple great shots, the bad news. A kid decided he would walk past me on the path as I was changing close up filters to get more shots and scared it away. So the 5 I got was all I got. UGH! I can deal with natures issues (wind, hard to reach, etc.) But bums me out when a human blows an opportunity... LOL Anyway, I love this RF, one of the coolest in the world imo. Will post one more of it tomorrow. Thanks for any comments and for looking. -Bruce PS, very minimal crop. PPS Full SIZE for a cool look at it.

Comments (26)

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DarkStormCrow

7:28PM | Wed, 21 July 2010

Outstanding shot and detail, well done....

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zoren

7:41PM | Wed, 21 July 2010

awesome detail, nice shot!!

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TomDart

8:33PM | Wed, 21 July 2010

Holy moly! Wow! Geeze...how close were you, certainly more than 1:1? This is fantastic. Did you use 50mm with diopters to get a really close look? I could not be so steady even if my macro had stabilization. The 1/200 second is not that fast for a bug shot but you did do it at F/18. To get detail like this seems almost impossible but you have it here and you should be (and I believe you are) very happy with the image. Yikes, I have to quit not or will talk about this one much too much.

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clbsmiley

8:40PM | Wed, 21 July 2010

Wow!! Excellent!!

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redchilicat

8:44PM | Wed, 21 July 2010

Woooow!! The detail is incredible!!!! I love robber flies.

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Digitaleagle

10:18PM | Wed, 21 July 2010

Fantastic macro, one of the best I've seen the detail is superb, excellent color and perfect clarity! I would like to now what lens set up your using.

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aksirp

12:18AM | Thu, 22 July 2010

oh, wow, wonderful species and grat capture you done, perfect in every detail!!

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Crabbycabby

12:41AM | Thu, 22 July 2010

Stunning. Brilliant work.

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Katraz

1:33AM | Thu, 22 July 2010

That reminds me I must have a shave, great shot.

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durleybeachbum

2:14AM | Thu, 22 July 2010

How marvellous, Bruce..no wonder you are excited! I got my one and only two summers ago here Do have a peep if you have time.

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mbz2662

3:29AM | Thu, 22 July 2010

omgosh! So awesome! You are a marvel at macro :)

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paul leatham

3:34AM | Thu, 22 July 2010

What can I say? I really admire your work but I'm beginning to think you must be part insect. You must be secreting a pheremone that makes bugs want to sit near you when you have your camera.

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KarmaSong

3:54AM | Thu, 22 July 2010

Amazing and superb shot, with a long history it seems!

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flora-crassella

4:01AM | Thu, 22 July 2010

a very cool insect!!!!! FANTASTIC picture!!!!!!!!!!!!

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GBCalls

4:25AM | Thu, 22 July 2010

Awesome! Not to deny you more, but you got a crazy cool shot as it is. Excellent as always

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DAVER2112

7:08AM | Thu, 22 July 2010

Man what a fantastic capture!! Well worth the wait. I know what you mean about people scaring away your subject, It happens to me all the time aaaaaaah!

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kgb224

8:45AM | Thu, 22 July 2010

At least you got 5 wonderful captures of the Robber Fly.A pin sharp capture my friend.

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jmb007

9:31AM | Thu, 22 July 2010

superbe photo!!

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kbrog

10:52AM | Thu, 22 July 2010

Superb macro of this cool looking fly! :)

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GiMi53

3:03PM | Thu, 22 July 2010

Exceptional macro shot ! :~)

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Chipka

5:48PM | Sun, 25 July 2010

This is stunning. He kinda reminds me of the aliens in a Joe Haldeman short story that I can't recall the name of. They were fuzzy things who only revealed their limbs when they were working or doing business...if you saw their arms, you knew they were busy! THIS reminds me of those friendly aliens with a thing for Euclidian geometry. As a macro shot, this is up to your normal exceptionally high standard, and I'm willing to lose myself in all of the details here! Such a marvelous creature and I love the fact that he's faceless due to the sheer amount of bug fuzz! Marvelous. Simply stunning!

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