A winter cranefly

[Lord Vetinari]

I managed to mis-identify this twice before getting help from Diptera.info.
A "winter cranefly" - not a true cranefly but a member of the Trichoceridae family. Body length about 7mm. 2nd shot taken at 5:1- both shots are focus stacked.

Brian V.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2107/2151796097_c5c8b3cd09_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2036/2151796107_cd181be3a5_o.jpg

[Skippy]

I managed to mis-identify this twice before getting help from Diptera.info.
A "winter cranefly" - not a true cranefly but a member of the Trichoceridae family. Body length about 7mm. 2nd shot taken at 5:1- both shots are focus stacked.

Brian V.


Nice work Brian, I still wanna know how you fire off enough hand held shots, yet the bug doesn't move and you stack them ever so perfectly :huh

Please continue to intrigue me with you awesome work,
I love it :clap thanks for sharing Brian ..... Skippy :D
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[Awais Yaqub]

Veru beautiful ! :huh

[Lord Vetinari]

Thanks for looking and commenting Skippy and Awais :)- much appreciated.

Skippy- getting multiple shots depends on the bug, what it's doing and the temperature. They are much less likely to hang around if they are warmed up for flight. Suspect I'd have more trouble with temps around 30.C :)
Brian V.

[steplim]

Hi Brian,
As usual, awesome and the power of MPE65!:ivar

[Arvan]

haha allways stunned by your work with them bugs!..Darn amazing :clap:clap

[Lord Vetinari]

Thanks Steplim and Arvan :)

Brian V.

[patricia kay]

Great shot Brian....hes an ugly one though!!! Yet anither one i havent seen live!!! Learning all the time...Thank you!!!

Patricia.....:D