bretthondow

Shy Hoverfly

Shy Hoverfly

Hoverfly cleaning the pollen from its eyes? Or just camera shy... on a Dandelion flower. I went to take another shot but a bee chased it away. So I photographed...
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Hoverfly cleaning the pollen from its eyes? Or just camera shy... on a Dandelion flower. I went to take another shot but a bee chased it away. So I photographed the bee (it's in my profile somewhere). :)
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camera

NIKON D5300

settings

settings

Aperture 14/1 ISO 320 Shutter 1/200 Focal Length 105/1

location

location

Houston, Texas, US

upload_date

upload_date

Dec, 2022

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