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Don’t believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding. Find out what you already know and you will see the way to fly.
Richard Bach.
Richard David Bach (born June 23, 1936) is an American writer. Bach is widely known as the author of some hugely popular 1970s best-sellers, including Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1970) and Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977). Bach has authored numerous works of fiction and non-fiction, including One: A Novel (1989) and Out of My Mind (1999).
Most of Bach's books have been semi-autobiographical, using actual or fictionalized events from his life to illustrate his philosophy. Bach's books espouse his philosophy that our apparent physical limits and mortality are merely appearance. Bach is noted for his love of aviation and for his books related to flying in a metaphorical context. Bach has pursued flying as a hobby since the age of 17. In late August 2012, Bach was badly injured when on approach to landing at Friday Harbor, Washington, his aircraft clipped some power lines and crashed upside down in a field. Source Wikipedia.
I didn't realize today was Friday--thought it was Thursday. So, I thought to do a double post-the Mourning Dove I posted earlier and now this fellow for Fly Day Friday.. HUGE!
HFDF!
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This fly was tiny, about 2 or 3mm long at most. I was really surprised to see that it was eating an even smaller insect (maybe a springtail). Due to the size, I couldn't even see its meal till I looked at this photo on a bigger screen. Photographed today at Lake Waterford in Maryland.
After seeing a video by Thomas Heaton, we thought: We have to find it and photograph it.
We fly a while with Google, and then YES we found the region
The photo took a lot of sweat, because it certainly wasn't a childish hike. But definitely worth photographing this 300-year-old Pine tree.
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Taken back in April last year 2017 in my garden.
This little fella ( or lady perhaps ) had stopped on a sunny leaf for a quick bask and clean up before continuing to enjoy whatever the rest of the day held in store for it which hopefully wouldn't entail ending up on a predators menu ........ or stuck to a rolled up newspaper !!
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One of several fly agarics seen in the Barnhill plantation in the Forest of Dean a few weeks ago when I visited with fellow flickr member Rod Holbrook.
Difficult to say how this happens but not unusual. Flies appear to be unable to reverse out of this situation either becoming intoxicated from the nectar or simply held in this position unable to get out ?
Cool Fly. Photographed in Virginia.
A single image, shot hand held. Canon 80D, Canon MPE macro lens, Canon twin macro flash. Aperture f/11, shutter speed 1/250, ISO 400, flash set to 1/16th power.
I didn't really expect to be still shooting flies on flowers this late in December, but here we are...expecting 85° on Christmas Day...
With 25 mm tube
A jumping spider sucking the life out of a small fly. It was on the glass table I sit next to. Not the best background.
Birds flying over the city of Bath.
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"Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway."
Mary Kay Ash
Finally got around to modifying my DYI flash diffuser today. My goal was to disperse the light just a little bit more even. I'm pretty happy with the results. It's a subtle difference but I am very particular about my photography.
I think this is an immature black-chinned hummingbird taking in some of the goodness from an ocotillo flower. Ocotillos are interesting plants. For a lot of the year they look like dead bundles of spiny sticks. This ocotillo was probably 10-15 feet (3-4m) tall, but they can grow up to 30 feet (10m) tall according to Wikipedia. After a rain the ocotillo leaf out with lush green foliage for a short while before they return to their leafless dead-looking state. In the springtime, they sport these lovely red flowers that attract the likes of this hummingbird. Note all the pollen on the bird's face.
Mark this one down to identifiable Sandhill Crane behavior.
I had no end of delight showing this to others while at Creamer's Field during the autumn crane migration from Alaska to the lower 48. The behavior being exhibited by the crane to the left is "Intent to fly," that is, it is telling the others in its group that it wants to fly away and is pointing in the direction of flight. Note how the neck is more of a diagonal than the other two cranes. Less than two seconds after displaying this posture, the small group of cranes took to the air. There were a few times where the small group - sometimes just two - decided not to fly off. When the group agrees, they all assume this "leaning" posture and then fly off. When one in the group doesn't want to fly they don't change their posture, essentially saying, "Yeah, not right now."
Taken 21 August 2021 at Creamer's Field, Fairbanks, Alaska.
Stomorhina subapicalis
Family: Rhiniidae
Order: Diptera
tony_d had the following information about identifying this species:
"Stomorhina subapicalis by the following combination: wing cell r4+5 open at wing margin; wing with apical spot; mesopleura with distinct bristle dots; and mesopleura without undusted section above mid leg insertion."