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's avatar

    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's avatar

    Beautiful portrait, wonderful quality. A

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  3. Sally's avatar

    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's avatar

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

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  5. Brian Skeys's avatar

    Beautifully captured. It’s the eyes.

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  6. Tom's Nature-up-close Photography and Mindfulness Blog's avatar

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

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  7. Carrie Staples's avatar

    I think your fly is perched on timothy.

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  8. wordsfromanneli's avatar

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

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  9. Aishwarya's avatar

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

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  10. Ellen Jennings's avatar

    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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  11. kathydoremus's avatar

    Cool looking creature!

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  12. Peter Hillman's avatar

    And a very nice portrait, too, Belinda!

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