Yellow & Black Cranefly

e6filmusere6filmuser Registered Users Posts: 3,378 Major grins
edited July 18, 2015 in Holy Macro
I suppose I could claim this to be a BIF but the long legs lift this one, a medium sized CF, clear of the leaf. This is probably the same as the one Brian posted recently.

The last image is not as sharp as the others but shows what the insect is like, the pattern and colour of the thorax being of interest. All images have been cropped but the compositions could be better.

I have just noticed that the fly has lost its front left leg.

Harold

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Comments

  • StumblebumStumblebum Registered Users Posts: 8,480 Major grins
    edited July 18, 2015
    #2 for me!
  • e6filmusere6filmuser Registered Users Posts: 3,378 Major grins
    edited July 18, 2015
    Stumblebum wrote: »
    #2 for me!

    Thanks.

    I'm not sure if I prefer the impression of speed in the first one. :D

    Craneflies tend, for me anyway, to perch down amongst stems, not offering good whole-insect views.

    This is the Spotted Cranefly Nephrotoma flavipalpis

    Harold
  • ThelensspotThelensspot Registered Users Posts: 2,041 Major grins
    edited July 18, 2015
    Harold, very good work here. #2 and 3 are my favs! clap.gif
    "Photography is partly art and partly science. Really good photography adds discipline, sacrifice and a never ending pursuit of photographic excellence"...ziggy53

  • e6filmusere6filmuser Registered Users Posts: 3,378 Major grins
    edited July 18, 2015
    Thelensspot wrote: »
    Harold, very good work here. #2 and 3 are my favs! clap.gif

    Thanks.

    Harold
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