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[dd666]

Hi all

A few shots from my yard this afternoon.
Any comments or advice appreciated.

All taken with 300d, sigma 105 and 420ex with a homemade diffuser mounted on a homemade flash bracket.

No idea what this is, some sort of fly I'm guessing. Any ideas?







Thanks for looking
Colin

 

[racketman]

Nice work. Might be a species of Dance Fly given the long legs although a quick Google suggests it should have a long dagger like proboscis.

 

[lord vetinari]

Lovely shots.

First fly is a member of the wood gnat family- often called window flies or gnats. Non -biting !
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Brian .V
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/

 

[dd666]

Thanks Racketman. Appreciated your comments.

Regards
Colin

 

[dd666]

Thanks Brian.

I thought it was a mosquito as I was taking the shots. It wasn't until I saw the shots on my monitor that I realised I was wrong.

You're in the UK right? I will miss your shots in your winter months. Spring has just begun here so it's all starting to come to life.

Regards
Colin

 

[lord vetinari]

Thanks Brian.

I thought it was a mosquito as I was taking the shots. It wasn't
until I saw the shots on my monitor that I realised I was wrong.

You're in the UK right? I will miss your shots in your winter
months. Spring has just begun here so it's all starting to come to
life.

Regards
Colin

Yes- fraid I'm in the UK- as is Racketman. Not sure what I'll shoot during the winter.- I've taken pics of the same type of fly and also assumed it was a mossy until I realised it had no proboscis. Interestingly they seem to like drinking fruit juice- I've attracted them a couple of times to pieces of melon (until the fruit flies move in)- only time I've baited the bugs.
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Brian .V
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/

 

[Cariatide]

Nice pics. I like n.2 a lot.
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cuginoStefano

 

[dd666]

Thanks. Glad to get positive cmments from other macro shooters.

Regards
Colin