Insect Wednesday
Last weekend was a productive weekend for me, photography-wise. I wandered around my yard looking for interesting subjects and found several, without having to look very hard. This fly was very gracious to let me get several shots off.
I also learned a new trick. One thing to make sure to not do when photographing flies is to get in their light. I played around with this one to see how much it does truly matter. Sure enough, whenever I stood in its light, the fly took off. Therefore I approached from a direction such that my lens would not cast a shadow on the fly.
However, I found that it wasn’t in a very good position to get a shot. So I leaned a bit to the side in order to cast a shadow just to the edge of the fly. Sure enough, it moved a little bit and turned to get this shot.
Also that day, I found a cool looking springtail. I’m not sure the name of it, though it shouldn’t be too hard to look up given the interesting markings. I found it on our shed while looking at midges.
I also found this on the composting bin. It looks like another midge, though the legs appear longer than the ones I normally see. Perhaps it had to spread them out longer due to the material.
I also found my friend, the six legged spider, in her normal location. I took a few shots, but none came out this time. All in all, things are speeding up right now and I have a feeling there will be more and more interesting things outside!
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Tags: fly, insect, macro, midge, photography, springtail