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18-JUL-2005 Pablo Yañez

Small Iridescent Fly

This little guy must have the worlds fastest reflexes. I must have taken about 50 shots of this guy, of which maybe 5 or so were good and at least 35 in which he wasn't even in the frame!!

I would have him perfectly framed in my viewfinder, I would click on the shutter and he somehow would be gone from the frame before the shutter curtain would open. Just to irritate me more 1/2 of the time he would be back in the frame as soon as I could look through the viewfinder again (in a slightly different location), and the other 1/2 he would be off to the next leaf and I would have to find him again - which was tough since he was tiny!

Canon EOS 20D
1/250s f/10.0 at 60.0mm iso400 with Flash full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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Janet Forjan-Freedman28-Apr-2009 00:57
Very striking capture!
arminb04-Jun-2008 19:58
LOL, he was playing games with you and enjoyed the attention, but finally he's framed :o)
Eric Carrère07-May-2006 07:36
Très belle macro, bravo !
Merci pour le commentaire de la la photo " A tue- tête" qui à été prise au Mexique dans la Yucatan.
Amitiés, Eric Carrere.
John Dicus17-Mar-2006 05:41
Nice composition, which must have been tough with this choice of subject. This is a great shot of a long-legged fly. If you're interested, the family is called Dolicopodidae. Those hairs on the leaf are very interesting. Do you know what plant it was on? Cheers!
Guest 01-Mar-2006 13:32
Great shot of a difficult subject. I have tried to photograph these too and I know what you mean. These guys are fast and almost impossible to sneak up on!
Guest 20-Jan-2006 17:34
You nailed the focus on this one; nice colors, too.