Fly in the forest

Posted by Nature View (Park City, Utah, United States) on 24 June 2007 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.

Small flower or big fly? This unidentified fly was found in a forest just outside the Scottish city of Edinburgh. Order Diptera.

Comments (14)

jamsheed from calicut, India

waaaw!!!!!!! fantastic macro.....great details...fabulous colors and nice framing...great shot

24 Jun 2007 7:44am

badala from Leiria, Portugal

Very impressive. A perfect example about how to use the macro.

24 Jun 2007 7:48am

Robert from Hamburg, United States

I have never seen such detail on a fly before ......wow

24 Jun 2007 10:33am

{H} creatives from Santa Clara, United States

Wow...a beautiful capture and a fine use of macro lenses. Love the colors as well that makes this shot!

24 Jun 2007 10:35am

shahab from qazvin, Iran

Excellent! very beautiful macro with great color composition.bravo!

24 Jun 2007 10:40am

Herbert from Meerkerk, Netherlands

It is so beautiful, because you can see the nerves so well in his wings....greaaat shot!

24 Jun 2007 12:04pm

Helen from Melbourne, Australia

How amazing. Congratulations on this macro, it is superbly sharp!

24 Jun 2007 12:06pm

allyy`* from Singapore, Singapore

great focusing!

24 Jun 2007 1:08pm

Babul Bhatt from Bombay, India

Awesome shoot, What macro lens are you using on your camera?

24 Jun 2007 5:06pm

@Babul Bhatt: Hi Babul,
I actually took this using a simple point and shoot Sony 6mb camera last year. Some point and shoots allow you to get super close - I was about 2cm away from the fly when I took the photograph - the light was perfect, thus the shot turned out well.

Stewart