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Flies - Much Maligned. They pollinate, clean up waste, have medical uses & can be quite beautiful.
1st PlaceFlies - Much Maligned. They pollinate, clean up waste, have medical uses & can be quite beautiful.
roz


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Underrated/Overrated (Standard Editing)
Collection: 2021-2022 - CHALLENGES & outtakes etc
Camera: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Lens: Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 60mm 1:2.8 Macro
Date: Dec 3, 2022
Aperture: 5.0
ISO: 250
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Nature, Insects, etc
Date Uploaded: Dec 8, 2022

 when this challenge was announced the first thing I thought of was flies ..

ppl often say how much they hate them and find them annoying and dirty ..

"Perhaps most compelling is the direct role they have in our lives. Although few of us realise it, without flies and other decomposers we'd be up to our eyeballs in poo and dead bodies. 'Their larvae are cleaning up after us and the adults are pollinating for us."


here's some interesting information about flies .. :)
Five reasons flies are awesome (despite being really annoying)

Statistics
Place: 1 out of 23
Avg (all users): 7.2973
Avg (participants): 7.5385
Avg (non-participants): 7.1667
Views since voting: 644
Views during voting: 65
Votes: 37
Comments: 13
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AuthorThread
 12/26/2022 08:41:46 PM
Wow, you captured every last detail on this fly. Talk about perfection!
Congratulations
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 12/24/2022 01:05:28 PM
What Lev said! Ha!

But, you did it!!

Congratulations, friend.
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 12/21/2022 05:09:22 PM
Congrats Roz – only your magic touch can make flies pretty ))
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 12/21/2022 04:37:09 PM
essays work for me. :)

Great idea! I should have taken a photo of a vulture!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/21/2022 09:56:02 AM
Congrats. Only negative is no title- that’s an essay.
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 12/21/2022 01:01:13 AM
Well done as usual, the humble fly has been your friend :)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/20/2022 05:18:47 PM
Gorgeous photo. Top pick. 10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 12/20/2022 04:05:36 PM
My pick for red in this challenge.
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 12/20/2022 04:02:19 AM
Yes Roz, you have made me look at flies differently they are indeed beautiful and the way you photograph them, is astonishing, the details you capture are amazing.

Bumping up, no need to say this will ribbon.
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 12/19/2022 01:20:11 PM
I like the crispness of this photo with everything in focus. I also like the hairs of the fly and the leaf that kind if go together. It also meets the subject well.
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 12/17/2022 10:46:45 PM
So ... you're saying flies are underrated, yes? :-) Winner of the best / longest title thus far (still have 8 entries to get to). LOL Nice photo, as usual.
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 12/16/2022 01:50:26 PM
Plus, they win ribbons :-)
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 12/14/2022 01:46:14 PM
great macro shot.
they are useful in cleaning. I believe they are doing it while disturbing others. I thing I know some of them..
bty: I guess this was taken by Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 60mm 1:2.8 Macro :)
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