Hovering Fungus Gnat

[Jeff Watson]

This shot was impossible to take with my 90 mm macro lens, as I simply couldn't keep the gnat in frame.

I switched to a 300 mm lens with macro extensions so I had more room to manoeuvre.


https://flic.kr/p/G2kAvx

 

[ChrisA]

Very nicely taken. A minor nit would be the high contrast one the eyes.

 

[Deleted member 3428]

Hovering fungus gnat is a hover fly leg dangling. Fun to shoot in flight and can become an obsession to get right. Nice attempts.

 

[Jeff Watson]

Hovering fungus gnat is a hover fly leg dangling. Fun to shoot in flight and can become an obsession to get right. Nice attempts.

Sorry this was way too small for a hoverfly. With the naked eye, all I could see was the sunlight reflecting off its wings. Very slightly larger than a midge way smaller than a hoverfly.

 

[Deleted member 3428]

Sorry this was way too small for a hoverfly. With the naked eye, all I could see was the sunlight reflecting off its wings. Very slightly larger than a midge way smaller than a hoverfly.

Looking at the photo and zooming in it is definitely a male hoverfly, possibly one of the Eristalis species, they also leg dangle when hovering but l have no idea why they do it. Fungus gnats have long antenna and small heads.