Is a fly just a fly?

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• bobair (5128)
• [2009-02-12 19:30]
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Hi Anna,
I like how you are thinking as per your excellent note.A fly is a valuable member of our natural world even if we humans are not crazy about them.The colour variety they have is incredible and this photo shows well some of those colours.For the f-stop used you have a good field of depth that shows a great amount of detail especially the fine hairs on the legs of the little creature.A worthwhile photo to have shared and thank you for having done so. Bob

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• crs (3543)
• [2009-02-12 22:26]

Hello Anna,

Youhave made a fine close-up with very nice colors there is a fine contrast between the insect and the leaf beneath. You have rendered well the metalic shining of the torax.

Thank you for sharing,
Cristian

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• Argus (34981)
• [2009-02-12 22:46]

Hello Anna,
This may just be a fly but it is a very colourful one! Well captured and taken from a fine dorsal POV, this fly macro is sharp and well composed on the leaf BG.
Judging by the space between the eyes this looks like the female of this species of Blow Fly. Females need a more highly developed sense of smell to locate their ovipositing sites and this is why the eyes are more widely spaced apart than those of the male.
Thanks for sharing this beauty,
Have a good weekend,
Kind regards,
Ivan

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• siggi (16222)
• [2009-02-12 23:13]

Hello Anna,
Excellent macro of this small little fly. Details, colors and compositionare too good. You've selected a very nice POV.
Thanks for sharing.Best regards Siggi

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• ferranjlloret (4742)
• [2009-02-12 23:34]

Hi Anna,
Solo una mosca pero perfectamente captada, muy bien encuadrada en la composición y con una nitidez que se sale de la pantalla. Salutacions cordiales.
Ferran.

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• Macroleo (864)
• [2009-02-13 0:00]

Hello Anna,
very beautiful picture of a little fly! I like composition, colours, details and natural leaf BG.

Best regards, Leonid

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• haraprasan (17792)
• [2009-02-13 1:01]

Hi Anna,
A nice capture of this blow fly. Very well composed with good details. Thanks a lot for sharing.

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• cako (3213)
• [2009-02-13 3:55]

Hi Anna
very nice colors and composition
very good sharp
well done.

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• robindb (1370)
• [2009-02-13 4:38]

Hi Anna,

Goed gesien en uitstekend geneem. Die kleure is goed uitgebeeld.
Soos jy ons laat weet is dit 'n raaisel hoekom hulle bestaan maar ons weet dat dit wel vir een of ander gooie doel is.

Groete

Robin

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• zetu (6173)
• [2009-02-13 5:03]

Hello Anna
Wonderful capture with fine details and beautiful colors. Well done.
Regards.
Razvan

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• FunkyMunky (134)
• [2009-02-13 5:06]
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Wow, I am going to call you Miss_Macro from now on.You have really mastered the art of macro phpotography! Well, done, Anna. The fly is so natural I just want to sawt my computer screen!
Peter

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• marhowie (302)
• [2009-02-13 6:20]
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Hi Anna,
I like most the the blowflies colors..The blue metallic thorax & red eyes are striking up close. I also note the wing detail & "sheen", well done.
Excellent notes, and that quote from Nash is perfect :)
Howard

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• Mikolaj (3247)
• [2009-02-13 6:23]
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Hello Anna! Nice pet!!! Sorry, it is only joke. Perfect macro. Ideal sharpness. Very interesting effect. Good luck!

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• euroblinkie (10059)
• [2009-02-13 7:18]

hello Anna
super macro
so good details
nice colours
very sharpness
greeting lou

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• Silvio2006 (41320)
• [2009-02-13 8:03]

Ciao Anna, splendid fly with fantastic colors, superb macro with fine details and great sharpness, very well done, ciao Silvio

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• erve (580)
• [2009-02-13 11:04]

Hi anna.

Nice macro shot of the blow fly. pleasing contrast of colours in the eyes and thorax.

Also decent sharpness with plenty of details.

tfs
Ewan

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• eng55 (3542)
• [2009-02-13 11:51]

Hi Anna,
Very beautiful capture of this little fly.Framing,colors,sharpness and details are wonderful.Excellent work!
Thanks for posting.

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• azaf1 (42)
• [2009-02-13 11:53]
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Good evening Anna

This is just lovely. Excellent texture and color saturation, sharp details and nice detailed note.

Compliments and TFS
Argiris

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• lousat (19673)
• [2009-02-13 12:14]

Hi Anna,isn't just a fly,it's a great spectacle! I like a lot in particular the colors in perfect marriage whit the green background,beautifuls details too,my best compliments,Luciano

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• boreocypriensis (33819)
• [2009-02-13 12:20]

Hi Anna, wonderful macro of this colourful fly perched on a leaf.
TFS and cheers,
Bayram

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• septimiu_nemes (2159)
• [2009-02-13 14:10]

great macro shot with beautiful vivid colours , perfect sharp and fine details , good light ,
well done !
septimiu

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• Noisette (3915)
• [2009-02-13 15:47]
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Hello Anna
a fly is not just a fly, there are so many different species of flies
and some of them can be beautiful, like yours
this one is very sharply presented with excellent colors
nice contrast against the green BG
Have a good WE
Jacqueline

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• sranjan (4012)
• [2009-02-13 16:37]

Hello Anna,
I appreciate every bit of your blowfly composition & note. The end of your note remains superb as "God in his wisdom made the fly, And then forgot to tell us why." TFS
Regards-Subhash

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• Alex99 (18531)
• [2009-02-13 22:41]
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Hi Anna.
Common flies even so colourful are not my favorite insects. However, pictures of such high quality attract my attention. Details of the insect and leaves are stunning. I also am impressed with exactness and beautifulness of the colours. Patches of light on the fly body are amazing and diagonal structure of the image is very impressive too. My kind wishes and TFS. Superb job.
Alexei.

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• tariq (2)
• [2009-02-14 2:10]
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anna it is a great shot having such sharp colors and so much details of a fly.amazingly superb.TFS

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• red45 (30243)
• [2009-02-14 2:19]
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Hello Anna!

This isn't fly - this is real gem! Fantastic, metallic, shinning colours. Very good details and composition with green leaf. And first of all great note!

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• maurydv (16502)
• [2009-02-14 14:30]

Ciao Anna,
a very good macro shot of this fly taken with superb sharpness and fine details, i like the beautiful contrast of the vivid colours of the insect against a green natural BG.
TFS. Best regards.
Maurizio

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• wishnugaruda (16600)
• [2009-02-14 23:38]

Hi Anna,
as you know I love shots of insect - and this fly is very pretty. I love the red eyes, the metallic parts - and it's realy special with the yellow body. You catched a pretty one, I like it very much, thanks.
You are right, identification of insects isn't very easy, special flies or dragonflies ...
And every continent is a little different.
I'm so happy to be here in this forum to find help when I'm helpless.
So keep on shooting insects, I like it,
bye and greetings
Sabine - wishnugaruda

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• Gert-Paassen (13780)
• [2009-02-15 0:44]

Hi Anna,

what a great macro shot with good pov.
I don't like fly's also but when you see those incredible colours I like you picture.
Indeed belonging they to the nature.
Good note's from you.

Gert

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• izler (504)
• [2009-02-16 9:55]

merhaba Anna
wonderful close-up capture of this colourful fly
i like POV, BG, light, colours and details
TFS
regards
izler

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• Heaven (6054)
• [2009-02-17 3:26]

Hi Anna!

I almost missed this one! This would have been a pity! Your picture already gives the answer to your question: there aren't any "just" creatures in nature. The fly is superb, I have never seen that species before and I'm impressed by the colours. The perfect technical achievement of your picture reveals rich details and highlights the delicateness of the wings at best. I also like the very green support and its fine colour management. Moreover, your picture is so well accompanied by interesting, instructive and educational notes.

Kind regards

Markus

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• pgmoni (2556)
• [2009-02-17 3:41]

An attracticve fly in a very good setting> Aeal jewel, and you captured it well, with a perfect lighting.
As for the note, well, it is educationnal except... that this is NOT a blow fly (calliphoridae) but rather a close cousin of the House Fly in the family Muscidae...

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• Nilson (3110)
• [2009-02-17 11:01]

Hello Anna
Wondeful picture
the colors are good, excelent details and lighting.
The composition is amazing.
Well done
Nilson

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• Metin (172)
• [2009-02-18 3:46]

Hi
Very good close up! Have a great day.

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• jignasi (14687)
• [2009-02-18 8:18]

Buena técnica aplicada y buenos resultados. Una toma muy atractiva nada más verla por su buen encuadre y sobre todo por el bonito juego de colores de la mosca.

Un abrazo: Josep Ignasi.

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• efsus (3208)
• [2009-02-19 2:46]

Merhaba Anna,
Bu sınıflama ve alt grupların tanımı işi çok akademik ve bilimsel çalışmalarda büyük önemi var. Bundan dolayı biz doğa severlerin bazen adını bilmeden de sevdiğimiz binlerce tür olduğunu biliyoruz. Bunları sevmek ve korumak için onları çok ayrıntılı bilmemize ve tanımamıza çok fazla gerek yok diye düşünüyorum. Ama çok daha iyi tanısak fena olmaz. Fakat bu gayret onları sevmemizin önüne geçmemeli.
Sevgiyle kalın.

Hüseyin

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• Royaldevon (4225)
• [2009-02-19 2:59]

Hello Anna,

The fly is beautiful, if you take away our predjudices. You have captured the details of its body with great sharpness. I particularly like the iridescent thorax and the striations on its wings.
The leaf makes a fine b/g with its veins running in an attractive diagonal pattern.

Kind regards,
Bev :-)
Many thanks for your warm comments on 'A colour co-ordinated duck'.

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• romuszka (2119)
• [2009-02-20 15:42]

witaj Anno
I became fond different unpleasant insects also when I had read a little about them. This fly looks perfectly. Very bautiful colours. A lot of details and the beautiful frame. You write curiously.
Pozdrawiam - Roma

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• valy67 (8733)
• [2009-02-21 11:11]

Hello Anna !
I understand perfectly what you say about flies - before I got interested in photographys, Ijust thought there was one or two species of flies, annoying little things, no more. Now I know there is much more to them than I thought. Really amazing. And ofcourse you are right, this one is a beauty, I love her colors - yellow, blue, red. It stands out nicely on the vivid green BG. Very well done !
Valérie.

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• foozi (9077)
• [2009-02-22 0:52]

Hi Anna,
wow what a clarity. the red eyes and the deep blue thorax is excellently composed and rendered in rich and dense saturation.
The colours stand out very well against the hraphical lines of the green leaf.
Brilliant presentation.

regards,
Foozi

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• peter_stoeckl (10219)
• [2009-02-23 8:00]

Dear Anna,
an eye-catcher, powerfully well composed, and concentrated to the essence. I agree with you: flies are a most fascinating order of insects in terms of variety and beauty, still maintaining a widely unexplored part of our biosphere. My own unability to identify most of them has kept me so far from giving flies the attention they deserve.
Well instructing, well written, well entertaining notes, as always from you. Nice saying by Ogden Nash.
Thank you! With best regards,
Peter

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• betsie (0)
• [2009-02-25 1:56]

Mooi foto van hierdie vlieg Anna - grillerig!

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• cirano (4916)
• [2009-03-11 11:36]

Hi Anna,
very nice very nice colours
Such as mechanical.
Good sharp.
TFS.

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• zumoduvas (2427)
• [2009-03-23 12:02]

Hello Anna.

Excellent macro, nice composition and colors.
Very good details.

Regards.
Jose Luis.

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• eserrano (288)
• [2009-07-07 5:58]

No... this fly is not just a fly. You turned it into a beautiful picture. The sharpness and color combination is striking. Congratulations and TFS!