Metallic and Skitterish, Pt. 3 - _TNY_3761
A lovely metallic long-legged fly (Condostylus sp.) found in Phu Quoc, Vietnam.
One difference with these compared to most other flies is the long thin antennae. This one is regurgitating some sort of fluid, a behaviour I've observed a couple of times and I am not exactly sure why they do this. Possibly it is a way to regulate internal temperature as the fluid is cooled more when outside the fly or something?
When shooting with an E-TTL flash, the unit fires a short pre-flash to measure how much light is needed and then instantaneously take the shot together with the proper flash level. These guys are so jumpy that they take off when the pre-flash fires so you have to use manual flash or else you only get empty shots as they get out of frame before the actual exposure is taken.
Part 1: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/25759479477/
Metallic and Skitterish, Pt. 3 - _TNY_3761
A lovely metallic long-legged fly (Condostylus sp.) found in Phu Quoc, Vietnam.
One difference with these compared to most other flies is the long thin antennae. This one is regurgitating some sort of fluid, a behaviour I've observed a couple of times and I am not exactly sure why they do this. Possibly it is a way to regulate internal temperature as the fluid is cooled more when outside the fly or something?
When shooting with an E-TTL flash, the unit fires a short pre-flash to measure how much light is needed and then instantaneously take the shot together with the proper flash level. These guys are so jumpy that they take off when the pre-flash fires so you have to use manual flash or else you only get empty shots as they get out of frame before the actual exposure is taken.
Part 1: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/25759479477/