My first fly shots

The background isn't good but they don't give me much choice as to where they land. This guy posed for a pretty good while and then the ants started harassing him. You can see one of the harassers approaching in the big shot.
The fly finally got annoyed and flew away.

C&C welcome as always.

Think I like the crop better. Nice shot.

Thanks Brian, these are the only flies around here that aren't skittish.
All the others fly away as soon as I get near. These seem to like the attention.
Now if I could get them to land on a better background.

Nice shots Scott. Prefer the crop. Great detail.

Alistair.

alliec wrote in post #4070590
Nice shots Scott. Prefer the crop. Great detail.

Alistair.

Thanks Alistair, now that I know which flies like to pose, maybe I can do better.

I like the crop too Scott. Well done!!

nice detail on the crop.

Thanks Joan and Jay.
It was kind of funny because the ants kept coming up and biting the flies feet.
He would move away just long enough for the ant to go on, and then move back to where he was. He seemed to be enjoying the photo shoot.

What did you pay him for it?? LOL!!

Its a Flesh fly, they usually pose quite happily if you keep your shadow off them.

racketman wrote in post #4072233
Its a Flesh fly, they usually pose quite happily if you keep your shadow off them.

Thanks for the ID toby.

racketman wrote in post #4072233
Its a Flesh fly, they usually pose quite happily if you keep your shadow off them.

Yes, agreed. Good shots, did well. I also prefer the crop.

Dave

Nice shot. Like the detail in #2