{"id":17803,"date":"2023-08-25T05:45:53","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T09:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=17803"},"modified":"2023-08-25T05:45:53","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T09:45:53","slug":"maine-robber-flies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=17803","title":{"rendered":"Maine: Robber Flies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-attachment-id=\"17802\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?attachment_id=17802\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/p8200273.jpg?fit=2000%2C1665&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1665\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;OM-1&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1692526602&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"p8200273\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/p8200273.jpg?fit=300%2C250&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/p8200273.jpg?fit=904%2C752&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"904\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/p8200273.jpg?resize=904%2C752&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-17802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/p8200273.jpg?resize=1024%2C852&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/p8200273.jpg?resize=300%2C250&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/p8200273.jpg?resize=768%2C639&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/p8200273.jpg?resize=1536%2C1279&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/p8200273.jpg?resize=904%2C753&amp;ssl=1 904w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/p8200273.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/p8200273.jpg?w=1808&amp;ssl=1 1808w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 904px) 100vw, 904px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Robber Flies: Kennebunk Plains Nature Conservancy, York County, Maine, USA, August 2023 \u2014 There are 54 species of Robber Flies living in Maine, comprising 20 different Genera\u2026and there are over 1000 species world-wide. I have no idea which of the 54 these two are, but I found lots of individuals and many mating pairs when I visited the Kennebunk Plains last week to photograph the Northern Blazing Start bloom. This is a hand held in-camera focus stack from the OM Systems OM-1 and the ED 100-400mm zoom at 800mm equivalent and about 4 feet. The stack is 8 exposures deep. Being able to do this hand held with an 800mm equivalent lens and from a comfortable working distance is pretty amazing. \ud83d\ude42 Program mode. Processed in Pixelmator Pro. 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