I don’t know about you but I’ve found the Fall songbird migration to be pretty pathetic. Carrying 25 lbs. of camera equipment requires motivation and I just haven’t had any. Fortunately, there are insects to photograph and the equipment goes down to about 6 lbs. 
Using a Canon 50D camera, Canon’s excellent 100mm f/2.8 macro lens and a Canon 580EX II external flash, you can have a lot of fun walking around Shakespeare Garden in Central Park and find lots to shoot. There are butterflies, wasps, bees, caterpillars, katydids and lots of flies. Here are a bunch of fly photos that look nothing like common house flies. It’s hard to believe how interesting and beautiful they are. Let me know what you think.
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Great Photos! Who knew about the insects…another way to spend time having fun!
Hope to see you on Saturday at Jamaica Bay.
Gerry
The image of sphaerophoria species is outstanding!!!
Hi David,
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Thanks. That fly is only about 5mm. If you figure 25mm to the inch you can see how tiny it is
Hello Lloyd, Cracking photos! I know how it feels lugging 25lbs of camera equipment – thanks to Karl who’s been motivating me
I wish you well!