Doli fly

First time ive been able to get a good shot of one of these, they usually take off when flash goes off. If anyone knows what its actually called i would appreciate it.

Wonderful captures.
Probably didn't startle becasue it was busy eating - these dolichopids are insectivorus.
Brian v.

Excellent colours and detail

Great DOF and Sharpness

Beautiful photos. Lovely fly.

lovely captures, you'd need an expert to narrow it down to genus/species but you could look through 6pp of Dolichopodidae here:

http://www.diptera.inf​o …hp?album_id=14&​rowstart=0

Hi Filling ...

Nice shots of a skitty critter.

I usually use manual flash when shooting these so there is no pre-flash to scare them away. Sometimes I have used the pre-flash to get them jumping and then aiming the camera just above them to catch them in the air .


Here are a couple of "Brisbane flavoured" sources for insect IDs

http://www.brisbaneins​ects.com/

http://www.lifeunseen.​com/

Thanks for the comments and the links.

Great colours and composition.