I am very familiar with the humble Blue bottle fly, because in the Summer time, I can often hear one or more of the noisy buggers buzzing around my house. But there is also a Green bottle fly, and what a beautiful colour it is! It reminds me of that phase our boy racers went through when I was younger of getting their Ford Capris painted with “two-tone” metallic paint jobs.
© Alice through the Macro Lens [2012]
Alice through the Macro Lens 
Nice picture. The details are just perfect. Which lens do you use? and the specifications?
Thanks. I use a Sony Alpha 550, with a Sony 30mm macro (SAL30M28). I’m afraid it’s a bit of a running joke that I have no clue what I’m talking about with photography technical stuff. I just hold it in one hand and try to get close enough to get decent focus.
Not sure what you mean by specifications …
I looked at the properties of the picture: it says
f8, 1/800 sec, ISO 800, focal length 30mm
Beautiful picture!
Thank you 🙂
I love the colour of this fly. All flies just look black to me, but I don’t dodging out of the way of their buzzing really helps!
I have no clue what you just wrote! 🙂
Haha I’m too busy dodging out of the way of flies to take real notice of their colours!
Yup Alice, this guy sure look like it’s got a new metallic paint job 🙂
Very seventies, isn’t he 🙂
Totally :-))
aha… these I know
I’m glad to hear someone does!
Great macro. Love the details and the colors. Definitely metallic looking.
Nature comes up with some very cool colours …
Frankly, I hate these flies – I think they’re even more aggressive and persistent than the ordinary ones. But what a BEAUTIFUL color! Good job.