It was raining so there’s a drop on its head. I used a strong camera flash and low ISO so the background became dark.
Wet hover fly (Syrphidae) on a thistle with a black background
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Marmalade hoverfly on pink flower macro photo
I caught a hoverfly on a pink flower. I used manual focus and focus highlights and took several shots and one came out very good. I forgot to set shutter speed to 1/160 so the edge of its eyes are a bit ghosted.
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