The Deer Fly

pete wpete w Registered Users Posts: 386 Major grins
edited March 25, 2005 in Wildlife
For those of you that have not seen one of these Fly's they are about 1 inch(25mm) long and drink the blood of animals( V.V. Nasty Bite) . I have taken many macros of this fly but this is the only one that produced this eye pattern with the light reflection.


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  • evil eggplantevil eggplant Registered Users Posts: 464 Major grins
    edited March 24, 2005
    Pete


    that's stunning. what did you shoot him with?
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  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited March 24, 2005
    Why is the little emoticon crying? Did you kill the deerfly? They are colorful eyes.

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  • pete wpete w Registered Users Posts: 386 Major grins
    edited March 24, 2005
    I used the Sony 828
    [With 250D , need to try out the 20D and 100mm macro next time i bump into one.

    Thanks for your comments
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  • pete wpete w Registered Users Posts: 386 Major grins
    edited March 24, 2005
    Because of the bite. Its fear
    [not sure how i stopped the camera from shaking for so long.
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  • BodwickBodwick Registered Users Posts: 396 Major grins
    edited March 24, 2005
    Great shot. Love the eye's......thumb.gif
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  • John MuellerJohn Mueller Registered Users Posts: 2,555 Major grins
    edited March 24, 2005
    Excellentthumb.gif
    Do get a chance and shoot with the 20D and 100 macro.Slap the 250d on it cause I would love to see the results.I have all but the 250d and my macros are so so.
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  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited March 24, 2005
    Marvellous shot. For some reason I think I've seen it before. headscratch.gif I have a pair of shades just like the fly's.
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 24, 2005
    pete w wrote:
    For those of you that have not seen one of these Fly's they are about 1 inch(25mm) long and drink the blood of animals( V.V. Nasty Bite) . I have taken many macros of this fly but this is the only one that produced this eye pattern with the light reflection.








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    Great shot Pete clap.gifclap.gifclap.gifclap.gifclap.gifclap.gif
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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited March 24, 2005
    Excellent Macro clap.gifclapclap.gifclap
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  • Tim KirkwoodTim Kirkwood Registered Users Posts: 900 Major grins
    edited March 24, 2005
    Very very cool! I like the pattern you got in the eyes!



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  • pete wpete w Registered Users Posts: 386 Major grins
    edited March 24, 2005
    thanks bodwick.
    Bodwick wrote:
    Great shot. Love the eye's......thumb.gif
    Just a one off
    Pete W
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  • pete wpete w Registered Users Posts: 386 Major grins
    edited March 25, 2005
    Will post some
    MHJS wrote:
    Excellentthumb.gif
    Do get a chance and shoot with the 20D and 100 macro.Slap the 250d on it cause I would love to see the results.I have all but the 250d and my macros are so so.
    shots using the 100mm and 250D /20D combination now spring is here.:):
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