Common Horse Fly

[astrophoto.kevin]

Hey Steemians, This afternoon the sun came out and we had wonderful weather. I took my camera with me and searched for some motives. Mosquitoes and the Horse Flies have become a real plague after the rain. I am covered with stings. I was "attacked" by this Common Horse Fly. After I "defended" me, she flew dazed to the ground, where I shot this picture. The eyes look a little bit like the eyes of the Hypnotoad in Futurama :-D

Common Horse Fly
^{Haematopota Pluvialis}

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For more information about the photographed animal or plant, please visit the following link. Common Horse Fly on Wikipedia

Camera settings

Camera	Nikon D7100
Lens	Tamron SP 90mm F/2.8 Di Macro 1:1 VC USD
Aperture	F8
Exposure time	1/250 sec
ISO	400
Focal length	90mm

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Comments

[shasta]

Great shot of this ouch of a fly! We have them here and
the bite is bad! Usually don't see them till it's to late! :-)

[astrophoto.kevin]

Thank you very much @shasta :-)
Yes, their bite is really bad. They are some kind of "asshole flies" :-D

[nayna]

Hard to photograph these insects. Congratulations, very good photo

[astrophoto.kevin]

Thank you very much @nayna :-)

[vinay1999]

@astrophoto.kevin,beautiful photography

Posted using Partiko iOS

[astrophoto.kevin]

Thank you very much @vinay1999

[johannpiber]

Das ist ein super Foto einer Bremse - das Foto ist super und wirklich schön, speziell die Augen hast du gut getroffen, aber diese Viecher gehören zu den wenigen, die ich überhaupt nicht mag ;)

Es ist zwar schon lange her, dass mich eine gestochen hat, aber ich kann mich erinnern, dass sie immer massenhaft im Freibad unterwegs waren und man sie immer erst bemerkt hat, wenn man den Stich gespürt hat.

[astrophoto.kevin]

Vielen Dank Johann :-)
Meine "Freunde" sind es auch nicht :-D
Ich könnte durchdrehen, wenn sie einen "attackieren", nicht einmal Stechmücken sind so nervig.
Und wenn man dann von einer erwischt wurde, wird es richtig unangenehm.
Auch hier findet man sie ganz häufig am Wasser. Wehe man kommt mit dem Kopf aus dem Wasser, zack, sitzen sie drauf und stechen. :-/

[johannpiber]

Ich stimme dir vollkommen zu Kevin, aber das Foto ist nichtsdestotrotz sehr gut :)

[astrophoto.kevin]

Vielen Dank Johann :-)

[johannpiber]

Immer wieder gerne Kevin :)

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