Two flies with interesting eyes. First one is a flat-footed fly Platypezidae about 4mm long - these are the ones that like running around in circles on leaves at high speed. The second one is an autumnal soldier fly Sargus bipunctatus about 15mm body length - named after the two white spots on it's nose.
Wonderful shots Brian, great detail, have seen a few of the soldier flies (or something very similar) but wasn't at all sure to their ID, think you have just solved that mystery for me!
Amazing series...speaking of sitting still...I can't imagine being able to take multiple focus images of any of these guys...you must be lightning fast Brian
Wow, those flies are like eyes with wings. Say... how much practice do I need to get slightly closer to the quality shown here? I got a feeling the answer is "A helluva lot!!".
n0b0 wrote:
Wow, those flies are like eyes with wings. Say... how much practice do I need to get slightly closer to the quality shown here? I got a feeling the answer is "A helluva lot!!".
Thanks Nobo
Difficult question to answer but, it's a mix of knowledge of your equipment and of the subjects you are trying to take so you have confidence in knowing how to take the shot and that something reasonable will come out the other end. The learning never stops as far as I can see.
Amazing eye-detail you get there on the Platypezidae.
Those eyes! Good stuff Brian!