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Postby blacknstormy on Mon Jan 02, 2006 12:03 am

Ok - not good at people, so back to bugs :)
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March fly taken on the Cooloola trip
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Taken this evening - stick insect which has been feeding on our wattle
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Postby kinetic on Mon Jan 02, 2006 12:09 am

My only comment - THANK GOD YOU"VE GONE BACK TO INSECTS!!!!
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Postby Manta on Mon Jan 02, 2006 12:12 am

Agreed!!!! (No offence Damian :wink: )

These are typical of your shots Rel - excellent! That March Fly looks nothing like the one that bit me twice. It isn't splattered all over my leg...
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Postby blacknstormy on Mon Jan 02, 2006 12:13 am

cheeky buggers :)
I'm off to bed, some of us have to work tomorrow ..... want to swap??????
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Postby mudder on Mon Jan 02, 2006 8:09 am

Strewth these have terrific detail and sharp as! Seeing the detail of the body shapes and those eyes(!) is amazing in such close-up...
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Postby marcotrov on Mon Jan 02, 2006 8:56 am

Lovely crisp images Rel. Unusual perspectives too.
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Postby moggy on Mon Jan 02, 2006 9:49 am

Nice pics Rel and your pics of Damian weren't bad either. :lol:

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Postby blacknstormy on Mon Jan 02, 2006 8:04 pm

Thanks Andrew, Mark & Bob :) I was pleased with these two shots - march flies have the most amazing eyes, even if they are my most hated fly !!!! And the eyes on stick insects are just gorgeous - she was a stunner ... hopefully she laid an egg casing somewhere in our backyard, and we'll have lots of baby stick insects coming around soon ;)

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Postby big pix on Mon Jan 02, 2006 8:10 pm

as usual great shots....... and I was looking for a closeup of a different kind......
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Postby Slider on Mon Jan 02, 2006 8:18 pm

Awesome shots. That stick insect is brilliant :D
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Postby blacknstormy on Mon Jan 02, 2006 8:39 pm

Thanks Bernie & Mark :) So cool to actually be able to put faces to names now :D
Bernie - I think he would be offended if I took shots of him using a macro lens :) ;)
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Postby ozimax on Tue Jan 03, 2006 6:48 pm

Love those green eyes, all 87,145 of them!
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