Drone Fly

[deetheturk]

Three images of a Drone Fly, C&C Welcome


#1


#2


#3


Cheers David...

[Shadowman]

I was expecting a robot but this will do nicely. Very nice.

[Suzan J]

Very nice, David. The face, if that is what it is called, is nice and sharp.

[bnnrcn]

Very nice images David #2 would make a good nightmare

[Dave Humphries]

Great series with spot on focus David.

Well done, Dave

[Geoff F]

The last shot nicely demonstrates the light and dark vertical banding in the eyes. I find this is so difficult to photograph, even when I can clearly see it through my viewfinder.

[deetheturk]

Cheers John, I like your thinking

David

[deetheturk]

Thank's Suzan, cheers for commenting

David

[deetheturk]

Thank you Binnur, sleep well

David

[deetheturk]

Cheers Dave, much appreciated!

David

[deetheturk]

Cheers Geoff, I have never noticed this until you pointed it out, more education

David

[IzzieK]

Aw...I like #2 -- it's alienesque look is superb. I went to google the anatomy of this "drone fly" and like John (Shadowman) I was inundated with pages of the robot drone so I added the word "bee" at the end --finally! google understood what I was looking for . I was just curious about that thing hanging in the middle collecting those yellow sweet things in the flower. So that is the nose! Hmmm...another page added to my learning...I have to go into this, this Tuesday when it stops raining ...

[rudi]

Very nice series David. I like very much your soft ligtning, something I need to work on.

[FootLoose]

Great work, David. I see shots like this and know where Hollywood gets its inspiration for alien monsters.

However, it looks very much like a bee to me. What is the difference between them?

[Chrisclick]

Wonderful shots, very sharp subject! I especially like #2 with the proboscis extended. Not sure that I have ever seen a Drone Fly.

[deetheturk]

Cheers Izzie, glad you liked them tell google its not its nose its called a proboscis Hope your rain passes quickly pal

David

[deetheturk]

Thank's Rudi, much appreciated bud

David

[deetheturk]

Cheers Greg, when I started shooting bugs that's one of the first things I said, defo some of them are alien like

A Bee stings you and these dont Lots of differences mate, Eyes, Antenna, one has a tongue the other a proboscis, the list goes on and i'm not that clued up on it, Geoff and Jack to name just a couple keep me right

Here's a Worker Bee!



David

[deetheturk]

Thank's Chris, they are very like Worker Bee's at first glance, but very different when you have a good look

Cheers David

[John 2]

Quality again. Very nice work David. (I'm running out of superlatives).