The Deer Fly

[pete w]

For those of you that have not seen one of these Fly's they are about 1 inch(25mm) long and drink the blood of animals( V.V. Nasty Bite) . I have taken many macros of this fly but this is the only one that produced this eye pattern with the light reflection.


http://wraight.smugmug.com/photos/18159853-M.jpg





More Macros here http://wraight.smugmug.com/Macro

[evil eggplant]

Pete


that's stunning. what did you shoot him with?

[ginger_55]

Why is the little emoticon crying? Did you kill the deerfly? They are colorful eyes.

ginger

[pete w]

[With 250D , need to try out the 20D and 100mm macro next time i bump into one.

Thanks for your comments

[pete w]

[not sure how i stopped the camera from shaking for so long.

[Bodwick]

Great shot. Love the eye's......:thumb

[John Mueller]

Excellent:thumb
Do get a chance and shoot with the 20D and 100 macro.Slap the 250d on it cause I would love to see the results.I have all but the 250d and my macros are so so.

[wxwax]

Marvellous shot. For some reason I think I've seen it before. :scratch I have a pair of shades just like the fly's.

[Harryb]

For those of you that have not seen one of these Fly's they are about 1 inch(25mm) long and drink the blood of animals( V.V. Nasty Bite) . I have taken many macros of this fly but this is the only one that produced this eye pattern with the light reflection.








More Macros here http://wraight.smugmug.com/Macro
Great shot Pete :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap :clap

[bfjr]

Excellent Macro :clap:clap:clap:clap

[Tim Kirkwood]

Very very cool! I like the pattern you got in the eyes!



Tim

[pete w]

Great shot. Love the eye's......:thumb
Just a one off

[pete w]

Excellent:thumb
Do get a chance and shoot with the 20D and 100 macro.Slap the 250d on it cause I would love to see the results.I have all but the 250d and my macros are so so.
shots using the 100mm and 250D /20D combination now spring is here.:):