PRO

mcampi

The Fly

The Fly

Just another backyard shot.

Just another backyard shot.
Read less

camera

NIKON D2X

settings

Aperture 56/10 ISO 100 Shutter 1/320 Focal Length 3000/10

upload_date

upload_date

Aug, 2016

Views

494

Likes

+68

Awards

Peer Award

+10

Top Choice

+3

Superb Composition

+2

Magnificent Capture

Outstanding Creativity

Superior Skill

Absolute Masterpiece

All Star

Top Ranks

Top 30 rank

Top 30 rank week 1

Top 20 rank

Top 20 rank week 1

Top 10 rank

Top 10 rank week 1

Top 10 rank

Top 10 rank week 1

Categories

Platinum

Never knew flies were so pretty...;-))

Fantastic selective focus! Love the colors too!

Beautifully composed, Mark! I love that vibrant yellow color.

"Your" fly is like a rainbow: green, blu...pretty :-)

Absolutely beautiful. You nailed this one Mark.

Wow!! シ

PRO+

great capture. I can't get over how such a 'dirty/often deadly, insect can have such beautiful colours.

Just goes to show you that you can photograph just about ANYTHING and have it turn out. Who knew icky flies could be so colorful!

Love the rich and vibrant colors, Mark!!

Beautiful colours - I love flies!

Perfectly composed with dead-on focus. The color and detail are the wow factor.

Beautiful !

See all

Same photographer See all

While you walk through this set of narrow canyons, you can only imagine what it must have been like when the water and wind cut through these sandston

Tomato horn worm lunch munching...
This was taken with a Nikon F and was scanned from a glossy pic.

Sunset at Goose Lake, California . This picture was taken just before the wind came up and we had an incredibly thunder and lightning storm. A few min

Horsetail Falls in Yosemite National Park only portrays this magical "fire fall" glow for a few days in February under certain conditions: w

Eagle Ray heading into the deep blue.

This photo was taken near John Ford Point in Monument Valley. October 2016

Old rail car in a logging camp,
Tacoma, Washington. This media data is incorrect. I took this picture with a Nikon FTN. It was Transfered from slide

This shot was take in the morning as the fog was lifting just south of Carmel,California. The higher than normal surf was caused by the Super moon,sto

Oakland Bay Bridge as seen from San Francisco Embarcadero

Island ladies resting in the shade after a long day of selling on the beach.
Curaçao is an island country in the southern Caribbean Sea off the coas

Sitting on the top of Mt. Hamilton is Lick Observatory.

The sky literally appeared to be on fire during an incredible sunset following a cloudburst over Salmon Lake in the Sierras. Near Sierra City, Califo

I have deleted the original I posted and reposted this picture. A very kind VB'er suggested I needed to straighten this up. Not an excuse but I h

Upper Antelope Slot Canyon in March. Near Page, Arizona

Lazy lion...taken during photo class, San Francisco Zoo, 2014

Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe , New Mexico . The staircase has two 360 degree turns and no visible means of support. Also, it is said that the staircase

A pastel portrait taken of a friend's granddaughter. Backlighting was an old reflector spotlight.

This was my third trip to McWay falls. This time I took an award winning photographer with me to give me some hints about shooting in the golden hour.

It’s your time to shine! ☀️

Share photos. Enter contests to win great prizes.
Earn coins, get amazing rewards. Join for free.

Or

Already a member? Log In

By continuing, you agree to our Terms of Service, and acknowledge you've read our Privacy Policy Notice.