Mimic flies are fun to photograph. If I had my macro lens with me, I would have concentrated on the insect but as I didn’t I took the shot I could. I rarely carry more than one lens when I go out so if I see something worth taking I’ll give it a go.
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January 19, 2020 at 8:57 pm
So tiny! Excellent shot, Belinda, the fly’s detail and body pattern is awesome!
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January 20, 2020 at 9:40 am
Thank you, Donna! They really are interesting photo subjects.
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January 19, 2020 at 6:15 am
This works really well, so don’t regret not taking the other lens; most of the time I only carry one lens, albeit a zoom; if I’m in the car, sometimes its two cameras with a lens on each. Very good picture that benefits from all of the negative space. 🙂
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January 19, 2020 at 8:28 am
Thank you, Adrian. We’re usually out for hours at a time, so I like to travel light 😊
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January 18, 2020 at 7:53 pm
I like how you caught the rainbow in the hoverfly’s wings. Nice!
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January 19, 2020 at 9:48 am
Thank you, Eliza! An added bonus 😊
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January 18, 2020 at 4:31 pm
Beautiful shot, Belinda!
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January 18, 2020 at 7:20 pm
Thank you, Greta!
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January 18, 2020 at 11:34 am
Lovely composition! At first I mistook it for a bee 🐝
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January 18, 2020 at 4:26 pm
Thank you!
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January 18, 2020 at 9:01 am
Nice work ‘with the gear you have’. I never knew the name of those little ‘buggers’.
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January 18, 2020 at 9:53 am
Thanks! They’re known by other names too, see Steve G.’s comment below.
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January 18, 2020 at 12:44 pm
Ahhh yes, Hover Fly 🙂
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January 18, 2020 at 4:41 am
I love these little flies(also called hover flies or syrphids, I think) with those prism effects on the wings. Looks like someone else was hanging out below.
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January 18, 2020 at 9:50 am
They’re attractive little insects and quite varied. You’re right, I don’t think it was alone 😏
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January 18, 2020 at 3:30 am
Lovely green tones in this picture, Belinda!
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January 18, 2020 at 9:26 am
Thank you, Indira!
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January 18, 2020 at 3:04 am
What an interesting photograph. Seeing it on top of the teasel is great.
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January 18, 2020 at 9:25 am
Thank you, Anne!
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January 18, 2020 at 1:54 am
Whatever lens it was, it turned out beautiful. Haven’t heard the word “teasel” for a long time. I don’t think it grows around here.
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January 18, 2020 at 9:23 am
Thanks Anneli. I had my telephoto lens with me.
I’ve never used ‘teasel’ in a sentence before 😊. There are about 15 varieties of the plant, and insects love them.
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January 18, 2020 at 10:25 am
Well done, Mrs. Teasel.
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January 18, 2020 at 4:26 pm
😊
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January 18, 2020 at 1:23 am
Nice, I thought it was a bee! I carry just one other lens when out and about too. ❤️
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January 18, 2020 at 9:10 am
Thanks, John. These flies are great impersonators 😊.
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