Smallish fly, metallic greenish blue body, loads of these about, spend all their time hopping from leaf to leaf, I suspect from the shape of the mouth they just suck stuff (honeydew?) up off of the leaves...
Another small fly portrait
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Thanks Rik!
Yep he'd just taken off...
I have to be honest and admit this shot was pure luck, sometimes the TTL pre-flash scares bugs, I get quite a few shots with 1/2 out of focus bug disappearing out of the top of the frame - this time I was lucky enough that it moved parallel to my plane of focus! Could have done with another stop or two DOF ideally but hey!
Yep he'd just taken off...
I have to be honest and admit this shot was pure luck, sometimes the TTL pre-flash scares bugs, I get quite a few shots with 1/2 out of focus bug disappearing out of the top of the frame - this time I was lucky enough that it moved parallel to my plane of focus! Could have done with another stop or two DOF ideally but hey!
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Looking at the size of the legs, not least in proportion to the wings, it probably has to do all it can to reduce drag.DaveW wrote:"Do I understand correctly that the little critter apparently assumes that crossed-leg posture immediately after takeoff."
Evidently a ballet dancer Rik.
DaveW
On the other hand, after drinking all that honeydew....
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