Mosquitoe on Steroids - Macro

And you thought mosquitoes were bad! Can you imagine what this guy

could do to you. As far as I know they leave humans alone. Any

comments and suggestions are welcome. Thank you very much

Excellent macro Sonia! Truly great, ciao Fabrizio

Great photo of this guy....but methinks this is as close as I ever want to get to him!! Nice sharp detail of the fly contrasted with soft focus of the tree bark. Nice work!

excellent, perfect composition sharpness and beautiful colors

Impressive image. Very sharp. Beautiful. Regards, Jean-Marc

Very attractive presentation with amazing details and a revealing background. Best regards.

beautiful

Impressive! Excellent macro shot! Best regards, Linh Dinh

An excellent macro..like the positioning, was this shot horizontal?...Regards

Great detail and angle; has it been rotated? Best regards.

Thank you all so much. No, this has not been rotated. He was warming in the sun on the side of a tree trunk, just a little lower than eye level. Thankfully, when he flew away he didn't seem too interested in me :)

Indeed, impressive Macro. Compliments!

What a beautiful robber fly! And I like the angle you've photographed him at.

 

This insect is completely harmless to humans. The impressive proboscis is for attacking other insects in order to eat them, by sucking out their juices. He's not a mosquito and he's not interested in blood. I disagree with your 'ugly' tag -- I think he's gorgeous.

 

Nicely shot!

 

Hi Sonia

 

Beautiful macro, great details and very nice background!

 

Congrats!

 

Eric

just excellent, the details are amazing , congrats dear Sonia....

This is so up close... Great sharpness and details... Almost a little bit to close for my taste because I don´t like them ;)... Great macro.....

 

All my best, Jill

An amazing capture well seen and done,regards Radu.

Beautiful macro, very impressive details. Best regards Christine

Excellent macro-work!...Ciaomau!

Thank you all so much!

You're just too good Sonia...

 

And now, I have to go hunting a macro lens for my system... just the thought of one of these tiny giants has me interested in exploring the world at my feet.

 

excellent as always... Sonia, go pro, there are people out there who deserve a photographer like you!

 

That is all I can say at the moment...

Ha ha ha. I'm sorry about that Frederick! Oh, I hope you do invest in a macro. It is so much fun and can keep me entertained for hours. A great way to go exploring!

its a very good macro shot with nice focus and good composition . i have a canon rebel xti like u too and im interested in macro shots . if u like 2 get better resolution and colors from your camera to make your prints better i can tell u that u could change your file saveing of your camerafrom jpg to RAW and the color space from sRGB to adobe RGB in camera setting and you will see the changes abviously in results . you are currently useing sRGB in colour space and jpg format that looses the 70% of the data detail of your captures .u can easiliy convert the RAW format of your camera in to TIFF that has 100% of your data detail or in to the jpg format with a very better softwares than your camera built in software . best regards <<<>>>