Mr Signal Fly was conducting a phantom orchestra that was playing the main title track from the original movie soundtrack of The Fly.
I kid, I kid. XD
This signal fly was wet, and behaved so groggily, staggering around on the leaf so much, that I believed it had just emerged from its pupa somewhere and was trying to get dry and orientated. It would walk in a drunken manner, stop, stretch its forelegs out, one at a time, looking a bit like Superman getting ready to take off, then walk awkwardly away again. Its behaviour was as bizarre to see as its eyes.
And I'm pretty sure anyone watching me watching a fly so closely would have thought I was being bizarre too. 8P
@jannykoster For macro shots, I use my Sony NEX-C3 (mirrorless interchangeable lens camera) with the Sony 30mm f/3.5 macro lens. If you want to get a macro lens, do get one with a longer focal length. The longer the focal length, the greater the distance you can put between the macro subject and you. 8)
Wait! I think I hear that song "Spanish Fly" not The Fly soundtrack. Haha! very cool pic and it's fun to watch the WWWOI...the Weird Weird World of Insects.
It is posted like an orchestra conductor! Wonderful capture, Livia! Fascinating info, too! You're behavior might seem bizarre to other but, not to us! =)
Are you sure that you aren't an "entomologist?" LOL I'm learning a whole new side of our little insect world that I never saw or heard of before. Just love this little guy ... the pov and clarity are perfect.
Such spectacular detail and focus - and, yeah... I bet your audience would have been scratching their heads at your behavior.... Unless, of course, they were photographers :)
@pyrrhula I remember loving The Fly when I watched it, although it was many years ago! I thought Jeff Goldblum did a great job playing the scientist. 8)
@monika64 Only two eyes, but all flies have compound eyes which means each spherical eye has many lenses! (We only have one lens in each eye.) They have nearly 360 degree vision. Some jumping spiders (although jumping spiders don't have compound eyes but simple eyes) come close to having 360 degree vision too, because of the placement of their 8 eyes. 8)
Another great insect shot! That 30mm macro is a fine lens, but I guarantee that even if I had one I would not be able to get such wonderful shots as you do!
@tonydebont This particular fly was shot at the Tampines Eco Park, which is not really a park (in the sense of being a planned, manicured, meticulously kept park) but more of an area of open grassland, marshland, secondary forest and ponds. Another place I like to go to is the mangrove forest at the Pasir Ris Park. It's hard to find interesting insects in the "real" park so I prefer to go to the more remote grassland and more forest-like areas. I sometimes see other photographers (with tripods and dSLRs) but they are mostly there to shoot the birds and not the bugs. I'm about the only person who walks around staring at the grassy ground all the time. XD
You are getting obsessed with these tiny beings, Livia, I have to admit. But your macro captures are so wonderful and clear that I am starting to love bugs and mini creatures. Fantastic capture.
@sangwann Haha, I do have a mildly obsessive nature! Small things intrigue me. Big things confuse me. I'm going to be making macro shots for a while. ;D
@myautofocuslife Thank you for the explanation Livia, you spend an incredable amount of time commenting on my images, now you're commenting on my comments 8-) Thnk you so much.
Sounds like it did just enter the world. Great capture. Maybe its song was the call of the wild, telling the world it lives, and is ready for whatever comes its way.
Great capture! He does look like he's conducting, though his eyes look a bit like those cartoon hypnotists, so maybe he was trying to hypnotise you with his drunken antics? :)
A great, big, colorful, music-enhanced, dramatically conducted and brightly loud "THANK YOU!" to everyone! I wish you all could have seen him walking around and stretching his legs. It was quite comical. Thank you so much for stopping by. I appreciate your visits and thoughtful comments very, very much!
@monika64 Only two eyes, but all flies have compound eyes which means each spherical eye has many lenses! (We only have one lens in each eye.) They have nearly 360 degree vision. Some jumping spiders (although jumping spiders don't have compound eyes but simple eyes) come close to having 360 degree vision too, because of the placement of their 8 eyes. 8)