Fly eats fly

Erland R.N. · Post by **Erland R.N.** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 4:14 pm

Just thought I should stop by and post a photo. Today was probably my last day out photographing dragonflies this year. I just managed to find a couple of dragonflies, and tomorrow temperature will drop, close to freezing in the nights, and not much above in the daytime.

Here's what I found on another cloudy day, when the dragonflies were hiding.

10th October 2006
5D, Sigma 150/2,8, cropped to about half-width.
Iso 1600, f/10, 1/30 sec.
Lying on the ground with camera supported by monopod and ballhead.

cheers
Erland

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 5:19 pm

Great shot Erland. Just hanging on by two feet..enjoying a good fresh meal. What a life

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:21 pm

And what a photograph!

Great color, sharpness, and background with a wonderful subject(s). What more could a guy want

MacroLuv · Post by **MacroLuv** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 11:46 pm

Great shot Erland.

What time of the day was? Intersting lighting.

Erland R.N. wrote: Lying on the ground with camera supported by monopod and ballhead.

It's fair, robberfly and prey were also upside down.

I wonder how Ken and Doug didn't comment lichens?

puzzledpaul · Post by **puzzledpaul** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 1:32 am

Excellent job and well lit, Erland - well worth the trouble / discomfort

A couple of weeks ago, I was also lucky enough to witness a similar scene with this type of fly - and was amazed how quickly the fly caught its victim - one moment just fly in v/f, next it's munching away

pp

Erland R.N. · Post by **Erland R.N.** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 4:37 am

Thank you all for comments.
This was so difficult to photograph without flash, so I took tons of pictures

I'm not sure it's a robberfly, but think it's an Scatophaga stercoraria, or a similar species. These do not exclusively feed on insect prey.

**Edit**

Sorry, forgot to say it was taken around 4 PM (16:00), between some trees. It was so dark that no-flash photography was nearly impossible.

puzzledpaul · Post by **puzzledpaul** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 7:16 am

<< took tons of pictures >>

Certainly familiar with that gig - but definitely worth it (imo) , even if only one's worth keeping since the financial downside compared with film is minimal.

Better to have something like this 'in the bag' - than nothing

pp

Cyclops · Post by **Cyclops** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 10:30 am

Very nicely shot, I like the subtle backlighting!

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