Couple of winter flies

Lord Vetinari

Expect to see the first fly type- a Window gnat in Winter - about 5mm body length but was suprised to find the second type ID'd as Norellia spinipes, Scatophagidae by Diptera.info. - about 7mm body length.
All shots around 2.5:1 5Dmk2/MPE-65 and focus stacked from 3-4 shots




Crop from above showing finer detail







Crop from above showing finer detail

paddler4

beautiful images

Lord Vetinari

paddler4 wrote:

beautiful images

Thanks for looking and commenting
Brian V.

Capularis

Amazing detail and depth, great shots.

Lord Vetinari

Capularis wrote:

Amazing detail and depth, great shots.

Thanks
Brian V.

J Allen

Great shots...I love the crops. The last one almost looks as though he's a bit nervous looking at you....

How do you get so close when photographing these little guys with out them "flying away" (pun intended )

Lord Vetinari

J Allen wrote:

Great shots...I love the crops. The last one almost looks as though he's a bit nervous looking at you....

How do you get so close when photographing these little guys with out them "flying away" (pun intended )

Thanks for the comments

Normally it's just a matter of moving in slowly and carefully. The second fly was not quite like that however- it was obviously feeling the cold and I actually was rounding it up with my finger to get it to face the right way . It did eventually get fed up with me and fly off.
Brian v.