Shooting distance on this one was around 30cm
stan
1/200, f8, ISO 1600, 100mm
stan
1/200, f8, ISO 1600, 100mm
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I do love seeing how the eyes are on bugs and flies, you caught it bang on plus like the water drop on the eye
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Impossible to tell the species, but this one is a male. As in many (but not all) flies the eyes of the male nearly meet on top of the head, in the females there is a much larger gap. It's believed that this is because the males with larger eyes have better eyesight and hence can find the females more easily. And looking for females is basically all they do.EOS 6D, 6D Mk II, 80D, 70D, 100D, 200D, M50, M100. Canon 10-18, 18 - 55, 55 - 250 IS STM lenses, Canon 16 - 35 mm F4L, 35 mm EF-S macro, 50 mm F1.8 STM, 60 mm EF-S macro, MPE-65 macro, 85 mm F1.8, 200 mm F2.8 L II, M 15 - 45 mm, M 22mm F2, M 32mm F1.4. Sigma 24 - 35 F2 Art, 135 mm F1.8 Art, 17 - 50 F2.8 DC, 105 mm OS macro, 100 - 400 C, 150 - 600 C.Comment
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thats bloody impressive - excellent work Stan++
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Well caught Stan [emoji106] whenever I've tried something like this I'm never quick enough. They always seem to flit before I've framed/made the image. I started to think they could hear the focus confirmation beep and were disturbed by it [emoji86]
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glad its not just me - I think Stan uses a pin then PS it out, along with the spilled guts LOLOriginally posted by ST-EOS View Post:- Ian
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Stunning detail Stan.Canon 5D3, 7D2, 60D, Canon 70-200L f2.8 IS II, Canon 300 f4L IS, Canon 16-35 f4 L, Canon 24-105mm f/4L IS USM, Canon 1.4 MkIII extender, Sigma AF 10-20mm f/3.5 EX DC HSM, Sigma 150-600 Contemporary, Tamron SP AF 70-300 F/4-5.6 Di VC USD, Canon EF-S 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6 IS
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cheers guys
not such a silly idea Ian although I have not used that method. There was a guy on another forum that used to catch flies and put them in the fridge for an hour to slow them down before taking a shot and a lot of those shots where you have total front to back sharpness and stacking has been used, you need to use an insect which is already dead. That is something we do plan to try at sometime in the futureI think Stan uses a pin then PS it out, along with the spilled guts
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Excellent detail Stan.
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Very impressive Stan
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thanks Bill and Tom
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Ticks all the boxes , well done .Comment
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thanks for looking
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superb clarity and not easy as i found out todayComment
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cheers
for some reason greenbottles are much more flighty than many other flies and this was the result of quite a few attempts with a few different onesand not easy as i found out today
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