Flesh Fly

[Ajophotog]

A flesh fly, not the nicest of flies we encounter I guess.
Read more here: Linky (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcophagidae)

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[PapaLazarou]

great macros of a dirty fly.

[Borats Baby]

Great shots Alby !!

I hope you swatted it afterwards !

[Snake Man]

Great shooting. Love the level of detail. Though I have come to expect nothing less from your photos.

[hillwalkinggirl]

Now that is really disgusting. Excellent photography though. Where on earth do you find all these horrible creatures?:eek::eek:

[scraggs]

Great shots as usual Alby, superb detail in all of them but No1 has superb wing detail, you done well getting it that good.

[Cobra]

The're cute little buggers with some endearing habits aren't they Alby? :D

Stunning set as always :thumbs:
I prefer the "full on" of #4 out of all of them though
its just a shame the leaf or what ever got in the way (bottom center)

[Ajophotog]

Thanks folks for looking and taking time to comment :D
Barbara: They just visit my garden as that is where most of my insect shots are taken.
Chris: this chap was in the thick of a forget me not clump unfortunately and kept walking from one stem to another. I think I need to train them a little more :lol:

[Cobra]

Chris: this chap was in the thick of a forget me not clump unfortunately and kept walking from one stem to another. I think I need to train them a little more :lol:

Well you seem to have cracked the quality side of things, Alby
now you just need to polish up on your training skills:D
BTW I was mostly pulling you leg over the positioning as I couldn't find anything else to "complain" about
Or should that read "sour grapes" :shrug: :D

[CT]

Just awesome stuff! :clap:

[Ajophotog]

Have you any photos of sour grapes Chris ;)
Thanks for looking CT ;)

[InaGlo]

Ewww!!!!!
Nice control of highlights in the wings of #1
but the last 2 are my picks... especially the face-on shot! :gag:

[badronald]

Cool photos. Great link about them too.

[davidbridges]

How close is the end of your lens to the actual insects, i find using my extension tubes that they are practically touching ... ? and if this is the same in your case how come they don't fly away!

great inspiring shots all the same !
keep up the good work !

[dod]

got to say I think they're beautiful :shrug:

[Baz777]

Alby strikes again :D


Have you got rotting corpses in your garden to attract all these insects?

[Ajophotog]

Thanks for looking and passing folks ;)
Dod: I agree ;)
David: I guess about 4 inches away.
Baz: No corpse just never use pesticides and I have a pond which attracts numerous insects.

[davidbridges]

4 inches, that sounds like quite a good working distance to me, what lens is it ?

[Ajophotog]

David: For these I used the Panny fz8 and the raynox dcr 250.