Murder in the bluebells

Was out chasing hovers today with both net and camera and came upon this unfortuate Platycheirus female that had been ambushed by a tiny robber fly. Could have done with a tad more dof but light wasn't great and there was a bit of a breeze.

Nikon D300 w. Sigma 150 & Sigma 2x tc
Tripod 1/40 sec @ f9

Never seen anything like this before. Like the way the bright primary colours contrast with the dark motives of the scene!

So it wasn't Colonel Mustard in the drawing room with the lead pipe afterall

Intriguing behavioural capture

A great 'nature at work shot' and wonderful colours!

David

Nice shot, and interesting behaviour well captured. It's an Empid, rather than a robberfly, however. I've shown it to a colleague, who knows these things well, and he tells me it's Empis digramma (and the Platycheirus is albimanus if you didn't know that already).

Greg

Hi Malcolm,

Beautiful image with great colours!

Interesting shot Malcolm, and an eye-catching composition

Alan

Malcolm

There you go its not always a relative. Unique capture.

Barry

Eastbourne / Kansas

Hello UK!
When I saw your title, I couldn't resist paying a visit from RMNP. This is an amazing shot!

Excellent reportage.
Eric