Mystery insect
25/5/11 Just seen another shot of one of these in the more bugs 2 thread where it's identified as a female scorpion fly.
I used the wide open aperture as I didn't have a tripod handy & I also wanted to simplify the chaotic background If it had stayed for a second shot I might have tried closing down a little...
I'll try the mono & perhaps post it in a week or two

Thanks for the suggestion.
Mike
Mike
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Good capture though, struggled to get all in focus due to angle of shot, f/5.6 and focal length. Is this cropped in?
I'd do a grainy "mono" conversion just to see how it looks?
Best regards