:-)
Some 36 hours after having emerged from the pupa, the female is
receptive for mating. The male mounts her from behind to inject sperm.
Copulation takes between a few seconds to a couple minutes. Normally
the female mates only once, storing the sperm to use it repeatedly for
laying several sets of eggs.
(Wikipedia)
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T. Jason Wright Photography 48 months ago | reply
Bow-chicka-wow-wow! They look like they are metal! I don't think I've ever seen silver flies before.
Jeremy Stockwell 48 months ago | reply
@Jason: I was reading about an effect on Gimp that I was playing with (kind of a local contrast/high pass filter). I tried it on this one and kind of liked the look of it, even if they weren't quite as metallic as this, in reality. I think the silver look is partially enhanced by the use of flash here, as well.
Here's a cropped, but otherwise completely untouched, unprocessed version:
...and here's the untouched crop a bit larger, if you really want to feast your eyes on the gruesome details. :-)
Shelly and Roy 48 months ago | reply
Be sure to add it to the Insect Porn group. :)
Jeremy Stockwell 48 months ago | reply
S&R -- done! Thanks.
Shoulda known there'd be such a group. :-)
Available_Light 48 months ago | reply
Eww. . . bug porn! Still, a cool shot. You must really pay attention to the world around you to not only see this going on but to get a shot of it, too.
Sharon Mack "Pure JOY" 48 months ago | reply
Swat 'em now! Before the maggots!! Great shot!
elisabeth_m 48 months ago | reply
omg those flies totally got caught in the act. great capture!
J.K. Hering Photography 48 months ago | reply
very nice capture. i hope you had a little Marvin Gaye playing in the background
by Janine 48 months ago | reply
wow! good shot! and you didn't scare them away with your camera
dawndh 48 months ago | reply
bow chicka bow bow!
*narly [deleted] 48 months ago | reply
"Copulation takes between a few seconds to a couple minutes."
*coughs*
*looks away*
*walks away whistling*
Jeremy Stockwell 48 months ago | reply
Something you'd like to share with the class, Mr. Narly??
:-)
~ Dave McCaskill ~ 48 months ago | reply
Hrmmmm... nice background blur. Yep, really nice use of shallow depth of field to um, isolate your subjects.
Seriously, very nice photo, especially the post-processing you did on them. Not my choice of subjects, but still...
Marwa Alhasairy 48 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Flies:::::F.L.I.E.S, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
KFrench Photography 43 months ago | reply
it actually looks like they are enjoying the moment.. awesome macro
sallylondon 40 months ago | reply
OMG who knew (or wanted to really). What an amazing macro!
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Steffe 40 months ago | reply
That's a fantastic macro.
w45ty 40 months ago | reply
BIZZZZZAR The World Through My Eyes
artLesley* 40 months ago | reply
great shot....i'd be tempted to call it "that's life!" :)
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rdavo58 40 months ago | reply
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perfect timing !