Luminous Landscape Forum
The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: Jeremy Payne on May 12, 2009, 07:28:41 am
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I saw this guy as I was scouting locations for a shot on the Poudre River in Colorado ...
Is it a fly or what?
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3324/3524542807_1fb2eca548_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeremypayne/3524542807/sizes/l/in/set-72157607844276712/)
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I saw this guy as I was scouting locations for a shot on the Poudre River in Colorado ...
Is it a fly or what?
I don't think you should mess with it, whatever it is.
Andrew
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I gave it a pop into PS for some adjustment ... my new monitor is really a dream for editing ...
Gonna make a 10 x 10 from this when the Epson 2200 finally arrives.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3642/3525505236_e4a4860f95_b.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeremypayne/3525505236/sizes/l/in/set-72157607844276712/)
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Nice shot. I like the narrow DOF. Those "hairs" remind of the ones that Jeff Goldblum grew in "The Fly".
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It's a fly of some kind. I was surprised to learn that some flies (flys?) suck nectar from flowers, like bees. Here's a couple examples from Southern California. The yellow fly looks and sounds about like a bumblebee, but it's a fly I've been told.
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It kind of reminds me of my former mother-in-law.
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It's a type of syrphid, or hoverfly. They're also known as 'bee imitators'. Camouflage is a tool by some insects to ward off predation by birds and others. There's a really small fruit fly known as a tephritid that mimics not only the shape and markings but also the territorial display of the jumping spider that preys on it.
Mike.