Bonking like there's no tomorrow!

Paul Iddon

They may well only have short lives, so perhaps tomorrow is very important...

Anyway, these two very very very small flies were at it hammer and tongs. He was literally shoving her all around the leaf and she didn't have much chance of getting a grip to stop him!

Size wise? If you are typing on a standard keyboard, each fly is about the size of the minus sign on the numeric keypad on the right! About 1mm, a fraction bigger at best!

You'll appreciate, even with extension tubes, that this is a large crop... and I couldn't get it any sharper without spoiling it.

Exif:

Camera Maker: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 70D
Lens: EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Image Date: 2013-09-10 17:06:48 +0000
Focal Length: 100mm
Aperture: f/9.0
Exposure Time: 0.0063 s (1/160)
ISO equiv: 200
Exposure Bias: none
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: Manual
Exposure Mode: Manual
White Balance: Auto
Flash Fired: Yes (Auto, return light detected)
Orientation: Normal
Color Space: sRGB
GPS Coordinate: undefined, undefined
Creator: Paul Iddon
Copyright: Paul Iddon - A View of the UK




Paul.

IPClark

ROFLMAO... there's things I want to say and I'm not going to hahaha.

Superb shot mate.

Lord Vetinari

: : - good capture- think they are scuttle flies so the behaviour seems appropriate
Brian v.

Paul Iddon

IPClark wrote: »

ROFLMAO... there's things I want to say and I'm not going to hahaha.

Superb shot mate.

hahah, I know m8...

Lord Vetinari wrote: »

: : - good capture- think they are scuttle flies so the behaviour seems appropriate
Brian v.

Thanks Brian, I'll Google that later to have a look at other images.

Paul.