Window Gnat

[Paul]

Or a midge. One or the other.

 

 

Anyway, this one was on the top of the compost bin tonight - and was photographed in total darkness. Focus was by torch, and then swapped that for the flashgun held just above the bug. Very hard to focus when you can't really see anything!

 

 

 

Paul.

[annie]

oooooh wonderfully hairy, love it....I think it's a non biting midge Paul..............

[annie]

Mind you I bet the little thing would bite me...they all bite me..!

[Kobione]

Beautiful colour in the wings, Paul!!

[Paul]

Beautiful colour in the wings, Paul!!

 

Thank you Dee. 

 

It's surprising how, when illuminated, plain wings on insects take on this iridescent kaleidoscope of colours.

 

Paul.

[Terry]

Great shot Paul.

[Paul]

Thanks Terry.

The neighbours were watching. They must think I am mad doing stuff at this hour!

Paul.

[Guest]

They must think I am mad doing stuff at this hour!

 

The time of day makes a difference?

 

Nice pic though.

[NannyFerret]

Very good!  The detail is fantastic on these little creatures when viewed on screen, isn't it? 
You did well considering that you had to use a torch to focus by.

[pdcpic]

these things make me wonder how you do these things? i mean do you train your insects to pose? lol

[Martyn]

Nicely done Paul. Insect life must be moving north slowly I guess, hope they make it to Morecambe for the weekend!

[JohnP]

Mind you I bet the little thing would bite me...they all bite me..!

 

They don't usually bite me... but the buggers in the Amazon Basin nearly made me anemic, I sprayed myself with Deet and they loved that...

[JohnP]

Nice sharp shot Paul! Well done.

[annie]

these things make me wonder how you do these things? i mean do you train your insects to pose? lol

[colinb]

these things make me wonder how you do these things? i mean do you train your insects to pose? lol

Paul spends hours training his insects firstly so he can take great photos, secondly to fly off and bite Annie

 

what? no t'is true I tell thee 

[JohnP]

I reckon he super glues them in place, he can then take all the time he likes and take 100 shots so that he is bound to get at least one cracking shot...

[FUJI]

A beautifully crafted Macro study.

FUJI

[Paul]

Thank you everybody for the kind comments...  So it's a reasonable effort then  eh?

 

 

 

Hahah.

 

Trained insects. Now there's a thought. Imagine the fun you could have....

 

Paul.