Commons talk:Featured picture candidates/File:Tetanocera sp rb.jpg

How you manage to keep the leaf and fly steady is a mystery --Muhammad 18:57, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

• It's like hunting. Sneaking up, bide, strike. Bushman style :-) --Richard Bartz (talk) 23:18, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

• Seriously, I would like to know how you prevent the wind from disturbing. I tried a few shots with a tripod, but the wind messes up the pictures. --Muhammad 06:47, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

You have to watch the wind velocity at the weather forecast and be on location in the early morning (look at the Exif's). When it's going warmer over the course of time warm air raises upwards and causes a thermal (this can happen very early at 8 o'clock) from then on you can forget it moreless. In 2008 there was only a yield of 6 days were it was possible to do good pictures with no or slight wind and propper light. Hard business ;-) --Richard Bartz (talk) 10:01, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

I tried with honey, didn't get any flies only some lizards and ants. Will have to check the weather forecast for windless days :) Thanks --Muhammad 11:03, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

But there are some workarounds if you want to do pictures at all costs with available light. When you found a crowded place say a blossom, you can try to fix the stem with a branch. That's why I always have some thread in my bag. Another trick is to feed flies with honey. I have read that some photographers are using white screens or room dividers to have wind shields. --Richard Bartz (talk) 10:36, 29 January 2009 (UTC)