Go shoot a fly!!!

Many macrographers look down on flies. Maybe they think flies are boring and ugly. I beg to differ. Fly makes a really great macro photography subject. It's widely available just about anywhere and anytime.

Just take a look at this single exposure images. If the lighting is right, and the DOF plane placed correctly, you can get a lot of lovely details out of any ordinary fly.

All shot with Canon 40D, Canon MP-E65 1X-5X macro lens and Canon MT-24EX Twin Flash



Fly: Tachinidae - possibly Carcelia sp.














 Asian Papaya Fruit fly, Bactrocera papayae


Platystomatidae Sf Scholastinae (signal fly)


A mating pair of flies (Diptera). Metopia (Sarcophagidae). M. argyrocephala


Signal fly?


Sphaeniscus sp. fly


Platystomatidae, signal fly.


Signal fly, Platystomatidae, a species of Loxonevra near decora Fabricius






A newly emerged fly, Xenaspis Osten Sacken of the Platystomatidae?




The same fly about an hour later




Tachinidae Blondeliini Male, most likely Uromedina caudata




A beautiful fly, Adrama sp?


Rioxa discalis


Curtonotidae genus Axinota


Diopsidae sp. Teleopsis dalmanni?


Microdon auroscutatus Curran


Hybotidae


Conopid fly  Leopoldius calceatus


Marsh fly  Sciomyzidae




So the next time you see a fly....treat it with respect :D. It makes a great macro subject!