Adrian Jones' photos

Hoverfly Myathropa florea feeding on Ageratum flowers. Uncropped image.

A small hoverfly, Syritta pipiens feeding in my garden. Uncropped image.

Taken in my garden, Shrewsbury, Shropshire on 08/09/2012. Uncropped image.

Taken in my garden, Shrewsbury, Shropshire on 08/09/2012. Uncropped image.

Taken in my garden, Shrewsbury, Shropshire on 08/09/2012. Uncropped image.

Plenty of these beautiful hoverflies in the garden today, they really seen to love the Ageratum flowers. Uncropped image.

A hoverfly, Eristalis intricarius i think, that mimics a bumble bee, feeding on Ageratum in my garden, Shrewsbury, Shropshire. Uncropped image. Thanks to Nigel Jones for confirming my ID.

A hoverfly, Eristalis intricarius i think, that mimics a bumble bee, feeding on Ageratum in my garden, Shrewsbury, Shropshire. Uncropped image. Thanks to Nigel Jones for confirming my ID.

A beautiful hoverfly, Eristalis intricarius I think, a Bumblebee mimic feeding on Ageratum in my garden, Shrewsbury, Shropshire. Uncropped image. Thanks to Nigel Jones for confirming my ID.

A small fly with attractively patterned wings taken in my garden, the first time I have seen this one I think. Uncropped image. Grateful thanks to Nigel Jones for the ID.

Heavy crop, the only image of these I have managed as they forage amongst the Lobelia flowers.

Another female Sphaerophoria scripta, taken in my garden this afternoon. Uncropped image.

Another small but attractive hoverfly, I think this one may be Sphaerophoria interrupta, if anyone can confirm or correct me I'd be grateful. Taken in my garden, Shrewsbury, Shropshire. Uncropped image. Now identified as probably a female S. scripta , my thanks to Nigel Jones for the ID and info.

A beautiful small hoverfly, Sphaerophoria scripta enjoying the sunshine and nectar in my garden this afternoon. Uncropped image.

Natural light and uncropped.

Another test shot after 'fixing' my camera. Uncropped, same setup as previous image.

My camera had been becoming increasingly unreliable so last night reinstalled and updated firmware, removed both batteries, cleaned it etc. Images seem better and now it will accept all my CF cards, before it refused to format or recognize most of them. Exposure seems less erratic and the shutter button now works every time, it didn't before. Noise seems greatly reduced but I now seem to be getting much more moire, see the eyes on this little chappie. Comments welcome, I had to use a larger size image (1200 x 799) with this one. Images at 1000 x 666, the usual size I upload show the eyes with straight lines through them. This was taken with Canon 100mm L + 36mm ext tube with full flash, a diffused 270EX. Uncropped image.

Natural light and uncropped.