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Sunday 10 July 2011

Greenbottle Fly

Greenbottle Fly.

Exposure 1/200 sec.
F/Stop 5.0
Macro Lens @60mm Distance.
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13 comments:

  1. He's certainly covered in a lot of pollen. Great capture.

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  2. Dave, Thanks for your comment my friend.

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  3. Great when seen here but fantastic when enlarged.... one of the best I've seen... the pollen is such a bonus.

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  4. Tom, My longest blogging friend - many thanks for your lovely comment, I agree about the pollen too.

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  5. Very nice shot. One of the best I have seen.

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  6. Abe, thanks for your wonderful comment - from THE Master.

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  7. Very nice. How did you get such a close shot?

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  8. Flutietootie, Thanks for your nice comments.
    Ive got a Nikon D80 S.L.R. and used a macro lens with tripod, about 2-3 inches away from the fly on one of our Daisy flowers.

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  9. That's one awesome portrait of that critter!

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  10. Sandy, sorry to be late in replying.
    Many thanks, that one was entered into a photo competition for Country File.lol.

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  11. Beautiful fly when looking at it upclose. Normally I wouldn't like to look at them but this one is beautiful.

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  12. Iv2scpbk, You are like me about flies, but when I photographed this fly with my Macro lens, the beauty was just there.
    Thank you for your nice comments.

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  13. Magnificent macro of a life fleeing the almighty flyswatter! :)

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