Spotted these two on the branch of my orchid plant, getting down to business! In fact, this particular plant seems to be quite the love-spot for these flies - I've spotted such incidents on numerous occasions.
At first my Panasonic Lumix DMC-F2 had real problems focusing on the flies. It persisted on focusing on the background. The only clear picture I could get was too far away from the flies to see them!
So I grabbed a piece of white paper and with one hand held it behind the flies whilst I focused the camera in the other hand -and hey hey, it locked on to them beautifully! This is a decent little tip if you're having focus problems with small objects. Neutralize the background with a piece of white paper!
insect pornography ... lol :)
ReplyDelete-Lukman
Those flies obviously were otherwise engaged otherwise that sheet of paper would have made them fly away for sure. ;-)
ReplyDeleteYes Lukman, perhaps it could be termed that way!
ReplyDeleteRosalind, yep, they seemed oblivious to the paper right behind them. Lucky for me as the photographer!
Yuk! I don't like those insects!
ReplyDeleteholy cow! Talk about super macro shots. The flies seem oblivious to everything but each other!
ReplyDeletenutschell
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Cool tip! And great shot. I am often frustrated when trying to take closeups of insects or flowers. Thanks :-)
ReplyDeleteTraveling Hawk, I never liked insects until I possessed a camera!
ReplyDeletenutschell, they were totally oblivious! However, I would like a camera with better macro ability in the future. This Panasonic Lumix is limited. If it wasn't for the white paper trick, I would never have got these good shots!
Teresa, welcome to my blog and thanks for dropping by. Hope that tip proves helpful for you :)