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Fly in a Rose

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted July 11, 2009192 views7 comments

Having a drink after a few drops of rain fell.

Manual stack of two images; in the "good photo," the rose petals were sufficiently OOF to be what-is-it distracting, so I blended in the petals from a second.

D300, 70-180 Micro Nikkor @ 180mm, F13, 1/250s, iso 200, diffused flash, monopod.

Comments & critiques welcome, and thanks for looking!

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by mark cillo on July 11, 2009 at 3:35 AM

Wow!!! Nice shot! Excellent detail and very good comp. You have taken the most common insect and made it into macro art.

Registered on July 27, 2008, 143 Posts, 1483 Comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on July 11, 2009 at 8:17 AM

Pleasing comp Rosemarie, and artfully so..
The fly & its "drinking" drop make for a fascinating macro, stands out well in the frame.
Well done

Registered on July 24, 2008, 1201 Posts, 10758 Comments

Comment posted by Alessandra & Rocco on July 11, 2009 at 9:04 AM

Very very nice pic Rosemarie!
I like colors and details.

Fantastc view

Registered on March 3, 2007, 122 Posts, 778 Comments

Comment posted by Greg Robertson on July 12, 2009 at 10:07 AM

Beauty and the "beast"!

Registered on January 10, 2009, 0 Posts, 6 Comments

Comment posted by Kedar Bhat on July 12, 2009 at 1:17 PM

beautiful image and details

Registered on April 7, 2008, 77 Posts, 357 Comments

Comment posted by Balakumar Kaushik on July 16, 2009 at 1:08 AM

Beautiful image. Congrats on EP.

Registered on January 4, 2008, 98 Posts, 1403 Comments

Comment posted by Pat Sampson on July 20, 2009 at 11:25 PM

Rosemarie,

Sorry I missed this. I happened to see it and then noticed it was yours while I was looking at Kurt's winning avian image. Love this. Reminds me of a pen and ink drawing in Shunryu Suzuki's "Zen Mind, Beginner's MInd" that I've always admired. This really is exceptional IMO - congrats on the EP.

Pat

Registered on May 19, 2007, 953 Posts, 15989 Comments