Couple of Hovers, Froghopper, Flowers and the most undignified death!
IPClark
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The almost daily hover.
A different species of hover
Curious Froghopper
This shot was literally a random snapshot. I decided to change to F2.8 and go natural light just to see how the exposure would turn out. I was actually rather pleased with the result and I must admit, I love the colours. Can't remember what flower it is. To be honest, I can't remember half of the flowers in our garden haha
F2.8 / ISO 200 / 1/2500th
Now these next two shots show what is quite possibly the most undignified death of a fly. I happened to notice it under a privet leaf and thought it's either sleeping or just hanging out so I took a quick shot. I thought it would have flown away at this point. Noticing it hadn't moved, I pulled off the leaves and inverted it. The fly did not move at all. I took the second shot below and gently touched the fly. It still didn't move. It had basically died with its proboscis stuck to the leaf. Kinda reminds me of the movie "Dumb and Dumber" with the ski lift scene
I'm holding the leaves which I'd pulled off at this point. It did NOT move at all, not even when I gently pushed it with my finger afterwards.
A different species of hover
Curious Froghopper
This shot was literally a random snapshot. I decided to change to F2.8 and go natural light just to see how the exposure would turn out. I was actually rather pleased with the result and I must admit, I love the colours. Can't remember what flower it is. To be honest, I can't remember half of the flowers in our garden haha
F2.8 / ISO 200 / 1/2500th
Now these next two shots show what is quite possibly the most undignified death of a fly. I happened to notice it under a privet leaf and thought it's either sleeping or just hanging out so I took a quick shot. I thought it would have flown away at this point. Noticing it hadn't moved, I pulled off the leaves and inverted it. The fly did not move at all. I took the second shot below and gently touched the fly. It still didn't move. It had basically died with its proboscis stuck to the leaf. Kinda reminds me of the movie "Dumb and Dumber" with the ski lift scene
I'm holding the leaves which I'd pulled off at this point. It did NOT move at all, not even when I gently pushed it with my finger afterwards.
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Just wondering if the fly died of one of those fungal pathogens.
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Not a clue on the fly but it must have literally just stopped in a split second for it to end up like that. Never seen that before.
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