Eyes of a fly

Paul Iddon

Well, I think it is one of them biting ones, but it was sat on the garden fence, occasionally washing itself. The wind kept moving the fence panel but at least the rain had subsided. Still reaonably dull and overcast though, so popped it up to ISO 800 and ran NR afterwards. Used 3 tubes on the Sigma to get in closer.

Made me wonder afterwards too if the vision gets impaired on flies cos if you look at the eyes you can see there is some sort of damage, and low down on it's right eye (left as we see it) there is something actually on the surface...


C&C as always allowed.

Exif:

Camera Make: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 450D
Image Date: 2009:05:27 16:24:20
Flash Used: No
Focal Length: 105.0mm
CCD Width: 4.18mm
Exposure Time: 0.050 s (1/20)
Aperture: f/9.0
ISO equiv: 800
Exposure Bias: -1.00
White Balance: Auto
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)







Paul.

Corehead

Yeah, huh!

Maybe a deer fly!

Got mauled by them once while wading in Badger Springs (Arizona).

Paul Iddon

Corehead wrote:

Yeah, huh!

Maybe a deer fly!

Got mauled by them once while wading in Badger Springs (Arizona).

I'm in England, and there are no deer anywhere near me, so not one of those...

Paul.

GOLDENORFE

good eye detail, could be a snipe/empid fly.
did you get a full shot?
phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

Paul Iddon

Got these two as well, but DoF is limited. Does it help Phil?







Paul.

GOLDENORFE

looks a lot darker than this one, but is a snipe fly.
did see some similar colour on river dee on monday. loads around everywere at moment
phil

Paul Iddon

Thanks Phil.

The colour may be from the Cuprinol surroundings and the ambient light.




Snipe fly eh? Another one to google...


Paul.

Lord Vetinari

LOvely captures Paul
Quite often see flies with eye damage including splits and dents- almost as if they have mid-air prangs.
Brian v.

Paul Iddon

Thanks Brian.

They still manage to fly well enough, lol..

Paul.