Fruit Fly Taking in the Sun

Hi all !

 

Hope you are all enjoying this unbelievable weather !

Got out today on the bike and took my gear with me to get some photos - Macro and Landscape.

First place we went was a pond just by ours which was overloaded with small blue Damsel Flies... hundreds of 'em.

 

After around half an hour I had nothing to show as the Damsels would not stop and if they did would ping off as soon as I stepped near !

 

I eventually gave up as we wanted to ride on some more, before we went, i spotted this small fly so got a few shots. This is just a manual stack of two, as i was quite unsteady with it sitting on a leaf i couldn't lean on anything.

Quite pleased with the results as my outdoor macro isn't that good in all fairness but i loved his posture and the green backdrop really made this for me.

 

Some other massive Dragon flies at the pond too but they were all in flight as it was mid-day.

Hopefully ill get back up there early on around 7am when all the flies are just sitting around very still !

 

Further into the day i found another different species of jumping spider, but i couldn't catch him so i left it alone for another day as i felt myself burning, as did my friend. Completely burnt due to not putting suncream on wisely, note for the next time i go out !

 

Got some more cool stuff coming so stay active and enjoy the week, sun non stop so get out and do some Macro !

Done