Fly ... ?

puzzledpaul · Post by **puzzledpaul** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 8:09 am

... I think not, as it seemed to be hopping everywhere

pp

10D + 200mm FD macro + extn tubes
Daylight
1/6 sec (aperture unrecorded)
Tripod
Cropped as per inset
100 iso
Home made converter / tripod odds'n ends

PeglegOS · Post by **PeglegOS** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 2:19 pm

Seems like something ate his left wing. Yummy.

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 5:04 pm

With one wing missing maybe it had no other choice than to hop or it may be that it is instinctive to hop to assist in becoming airborne. Hope it isn't another one of Beetlmans fungi ridden flies.

Nice shot pp

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 8:26 pm

Must be that little kid around pulling the wings off the flies again

I would be "Hopping Mad"\. Nice closeup PP

puzzledpaul · Post by **puzzledpaul** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 12:09 am

Thx for the comments, guys

Personally, I think it'd just taken delivery of some morphing s/ware to join the rest of the 'legit' hoppers and was still getting used to the action ... but Ken's probably closer to the truth

... and no, I hadn't pulled it off to slow it down for photographic purposes

pp