BELINDA GROVER PHOTOGRAPHY

STOPS ALONG THE WAY

OPPORTUNITY

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I don’t mind flies, as long as I don’t find one in the house or landing on my dinner plate! In the woods, however, all’s fair. I was hoping for a dragonfly to photograph but this fly landed on the reed instead, and didn’t move. There was no wind either which made taking this tiny insect much easier. He was attractive (for a fly), I liked the background so I took his portrait.

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  1. Jules & Verne
    April 5, 2017 at 6:12 am

    I know what you mean, flies become extraordinary little creatures when observed this closely! They also seem less jittery in the wild than when inside: the other day I managed to place my lens a mere 40mm away from a fly standing on a leaf (my makeshift macro lens has a tiny working distance) without it flying away. -Verne

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  2. Adrian Lewis
    April 5, 2017 at 5:05 am

    Beautiful portrait, wonderful quality. A

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  3. Sally
    April 3, 2017 at 3:17 pm

    Timothy is also fun to photograph, especially when the pollen “factories” first appear. Your photo got me wondering why it’s called “timothy”. Apparently it arrived in North America with settlers in the early 1700s. It was first called “hurd grass” after John Hurd who described it growing in New Hampshire. Farmer Timothy Hanson began growing it as hay in 1720 — and it’s his name that stuck.

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  4. Eliza Waters
    April 2, 2017 at 9:51 pm

    “Jeepers, creepers, where’d you get those peepers? Jeepers, creepers, where’d you get those eyes?” 🙂

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  6. Brian Skeys
    April 2, 2017 at 5:25 pm

    Beautifully captured. It’s the eyes.

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  7. Tom's Nature-up-close Photography and Mindfulness Blog
    April 2, 2017 at 3:51 pm

    🙂 Flies do have their place. Those no-wind days are precious and getting more and more rare!

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  8. Carrie Staples
    April 2, 2017 at 1:54 pm

    I think your fly is perched on timothy.

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  9. wordsfromanneli
    April 2, 2017 at 11:49 am

    They do have something photo-worthy about them, but I can’t say I like them.

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  10. Aishwarya
    April 2, 2017 at 11:37 am

    He’s gorgeous! I’ve never seen a fly like this! The stark red over everything green is stunning 🙂

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  11. Ellen Jennings
    April 2, 2017 at 8:07 am

    That bright red really makes him as a portrait subject. And that he would stay still! The texture on the vegetation he is on and the background complete the picture.

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  12. kathydoremus
    April 2, 2017 at 7:57 am

    Cool looking creature!

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  14. Pete Hillman
    April 2, 2017 at 3:38 am

    And a very nice portrait, too, Belinda!

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