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Pretty Flies

By moiral
Afternoon all. Now flies are not things of beauty, or so I thought. A couple of shots taken the other day. As I didn't have a tripod or monopod, I used TV setting instead of AV, as didn't think I would be able to hold camera steady enough. Turned out not too bad, but a bit soft on the wings. Would be pleased if anyone could identify them as I haven't a clue what they are. Just liked the beautiful colours, especially the green one.
Glad I gave you a laugh yesterday, you do understand that the conversation was heavily edited GrinWink. Thanks for C&Cs - was just a fun shot.

Tags: Close-up and macro Wildlife and nature

Voters: Lillian, sazzykins, mdiniz and 45 more

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Lillian Plus
10 23 17 United Kingdom
4 Jul 2011 2:52PM
Seen any owls lately Moira??Wink
This is certainly a brilliant shot, and agree could say he looks rather handsome and shinyGrin
Never have a UA around when you want it do you? as this is really worthy, Moira stunning shot
Lillian

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accipiter 10 61 England
4 Jul 2011 4:03PM
Excellent close ups Moira. Well done. A
4 Jul 2011 4:18PM
Great sharp capture of what I call a Greenbottle fly, Great job,Moira Smile
Mike
4 Jul 2011 4:23PM
Well done Moria, a brilliant shot clever youSmile..Lin
4 Jul 2011 4:28PM
Top shots Moira, great detailed macro shots.

Len
wolf1 9 9 United Kingdom
4 Jul 2011 4:55PM
Two great macro shots.
Andy
lobski 8 2 1 Philippines
4 Jul 2011 4:57PM
Superb macro shots!

Fred Grin
CarolG 13 199 20 Greece
4 Jul 2011 5:32PM
Excellent close-ups, Moira, great colour and detail, especially like V.1 for both the fly and the flower. Carol
barbarahirst 11 27 12 United Kingdom
4 Jul 2011 6:21PM
Well pretty impressive ... both shots
Fab. colours
Rock 17 10 2 England
4 Jul 2011 6:56PM
Top-work !

Rock
gingerdelight 13 298 11 United Kingdom
4 Jul 2011 7:14PM
Very beautiful indeed and well captured too!
Carol
4 Jul 2011 7:24PM
2 superb shots Moira - real crackers. The colours on the fly are wonderful. Well captured. Lou
helenlinda Plus
12 366 22 United Kingdom
4 Jul 2011 7:24PM
These are so colourful Smile
Helen
top class macros- stunning colour captured
Devon_Wild 9 8 1 England
4 Jul 2011 8:08PM
Two super shots Moira....................Rob
Jekaro 10 1 United Kingdom
4 Jul 2011 8:19PM
Two cracking close up shots, Moira, wonderful colours, both very well captured.
Roy
4 Jul 2011 9:49PM
WOW Moira you really did a great job capturing these colourful flys. Like the presentation too. GillWink
VivienO 9 1 United Kingdom
4 Jul 2011 10:01PM
The colours and detail are fabulous on both pics Moira - the green fly looks almost metalic. Nice compositions and dof.
Vivien
4 Jul 2011 10:12PM
Excellent Macro Moira, I would just call it a bluebottle, maybe one is male and the other female...

Ruth
pdcche 9 4 United Kingdom
4 Jul 2011 10:52PM
Two lovely close up shots Moira, great detail and colours, well done.. Peter
andylea 11 37 1 United Kingdom
4 Jul 2011 11:56PM
v1 for me today moira stunning detail top sot Wink
andy
Chinga Plus
9 3 1 United Kingdom
5 Jul 2011 5:33AM
First class macro. Don't know what type they are but they are really good looking insects. IB
saeidNL 10 3 Netherlands
5 Jul 2011 5:49AM
Stunning and great macro shot,very well done,
saeid
NeilWigan Plus
9 17 16 England
5 Jul 2011 7:13PM
Well caught Moira ,as i have learnt the macro lens is not the easiest of things to get hand held shots with.
JustDucky 8 8 Canada
7 Jul 2011 2:41PM
excellent close-ups of these fellas - detail is outstanding Moira. Both are winnersSmile
Tammy
Lillian Plus
10 23 17 United Kingdom
9 Jul 2011 9:15AM
Took awhile to arrive today so could give this superbly taken 'fly' and flower my award
stunning image Moira....
Lillian

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