Can you please help to id?

[lyh]

Hi all I took the picture of this insect when I was at Sentosa. Can you please help to id and comment on how I can improve on my photography? Thank you

[budak]

some kind of fly in the family Neriidae. see http://www.bonduriansky.net/neriidae.htm

[trident]

YongHua,
To shoot such a small insect you'll need a macro lens.
Macro lens enables you focus closer and get a magnified picture of the insect.

[lyh]

some kind of fly in the family Neriidae. see http://www.bonduriansky.net/neriidae.htm

Hi Budak, thanks for the website. It's interesting to read

YongHua,
To shoot such a small insect you'll need a macro lens.
Macro lens enables you focus closer and get a magnified picture of the insect.

Hi Richard, I'm currently using the standard kit for Cannon 450D and is still saving money to get a macro lense. I think it would be fun to have one of those lense

[CK Yeo]

welcome to the dark side...
I saw a few 100mm macro lens on sale on clubsnap.

ck

[luenny]

The fly that you shot is really small. You need to get close to 1:1 magnification to make a nice picture out of it. And they're pretty shy too. If you're keen on shooting subjects like this, you may need a longer macro lens than 100mm.