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Good Gad
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Copyright: Steve Reekie (LordPotty) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1449 W: 146 N: 3764] (12035)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-01-27
Categories: Insects
Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ-2-S
Exposure: f/2.8, 1/80 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2005-03-11 5:50
Viewed: 1146
Points: 20
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This is my second post of this large native New Zealand hoverfly.
It is a Bush Gadfly,Scaptia adrel.
Sometimes seen hovering back and forth between flowering shrubs in forest clearings or resting on mossy logs,it can often be mistaken for a very large blowfly.
(I have actually only ever seen one..this one)
The yellowish white tuft of hairs on each side and the pointed looking wings make it easy to identify at rest.
It breeds in moss or mud and the maggot is carnivorous.
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ThreadThread Starter Messages Updated
To cafecrem: not shadowsLordPotty 1 03-11 15:05
To pgmoni: Gadfly size.LordPotty 1 03-11 06:53
To sAner: Pattern on stones.LordPotty 1 03-11 06:51
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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4774 W: 294 N: 4020] (13209)
  • [2005-03-11 6:03]

Good macro of hoverfly Steve!First I thought the white thing on the stone was light but I see that it's nature of stone,makes the shot more interesting...TFS

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  • sAner Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1490 W: 72 N: 1427] (4744)
  • [2005-03-11 6:06]
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Very nice macro Steve. I like the pattern of light falling on the stone (probably coming through the leaves of the trees above your head?). You did very well. Luckily this isn't a sandfly!!! I have had a very bad experience with those suckers, I can tell you that. When I waited to enter the Glowwormcaves at Te Anau, the Sandflies hit me (before I didn't get bitten) and had the worst itch in my life!! I got bitten on November 12th and back in NL on November 25th it still itched!! Anyway, good picture! :)

Very good macro, with several levels colour contrasts and a nice light ggradient from top left to bottom right.
When you say big, just how big is that by the way ?
Someone (sorry, forget who just now)once pointed to me that with such a global audience as this list has, some quantitative mention of size is in order, and I believe that is a good idea.

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  • honza Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 537 W: 0 N: 716] (4191)
  • [2005-03-11 6:39]

Very good shot Steve. Nice composition and sharpness of the fly. Beautiful backgroud.

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2705 W: 74 N: 8864] (30243)
  • [2005-03-11 6:45]

Very shaggy and with black wings. I also like stone on which it is sitting - for first sight I though that there are sunspots on it.

Nice shot Steve. Very good details. TFS!

Hey Steve!
Great shadows! It made your composition very wrty and interesting. Good job!

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Nice shot Steve, the fly is bit dark.
Well done.
TFS.

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  • PDP Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor [C: 2821 W: 344 N: 3779] (11769)
  • [2005-03-11 15:40]

Hi Steve another nice shot of this fly in a nightclub. Nice details and composition, I love the overall effect. Very well done.

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  • vero Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 43 W: 8 N: 16] (342)
  • [2005-03-11 18:42]

Belle macro! Même si la photo est en couleur, j'aime beaucoup les dominantes noir et blanc! Super!

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