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Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted August 6, 2010484 views19 comments

Found this little guy yesterday in the evening. Not sure what this is but I like the colors.
Canon 5DII 100mm macro
ISO 400 (LOW LIGHT)5 image stack @f2.8 1/60 sec
All comments welcome and appreciated!

Comments

19 comments

Comment posted by Peter May on August 6, 2010 at 12:01 PM

Gorgeous shot. One of the feather-legged flies in the genus Trichopoda, family Tachinidae.

See http://bugguide.net/node/view/2798 for more info.

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Comment posted by Joel DeYoung on August 6, 2010 at 12:38 PM

Wow, those colors are neat! Good composition, pleasing perch, and a really clean background. Nicely done.

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Comment posted by Daniel & Loana on August 6, 2010 at 4:51 PM

Great colours and strong composition.

Congrats

D&L

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Comment posted by John Tobias on August 6, 2010 at 5:04 PM

Impressive! Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Mike Moats on August 6, 2010 at 6:21 PM

Hey Mark, awesome details on this little guy. perfect BG and good diagonal line on the perch.

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Comment posted by Ingrid Vekemans on August 7, 2010 at 1:52 AM

Love the colours, composition with the diagonal and the background. Have no idea what it is, though.

Ingrid.

Registered on August 2, 2010, 138 Posts, 780 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Erhardt on August 7, 2010 at 8:19 AM

Great job on the stacking and getting perfect DOF. Nice!!!!

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Comment posted by Sam Rua on August 7, 2010 at 3:59 PM

Nice capture and use of stacking to bring out the detail under these lighting conditions, Mark. Well done all around.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on August 8, 2010 at 8:09 PM

Mark:
Top notch macro with expert stacking and clean bg.

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Comment posted by mark cillo on August 9, 2010 at 4:32 PM

Thanks everyone for the comments!

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Comment posted by Peter Conway on August 10, 2010 at 7:16 PM

I don't visit the Macro gallery too often but I think I need to change that. This is quite incredible. Awesome! Congratulations on the EP!

Peter

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Comment posted by Rob Graham on August 10, 2010 at 10:23 PM

stunning, Mark, congrats on a well deserved EP

, amazing the fly stayed still long enough to stack images

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on August 10, 2010 at 11:33 PM

Mark, great detail, colors, and pose!
Congrats on the EP!
Sandy r

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on August 12, 2010 at 10:00 PM

This is just amazing. I can't even get one macro this clear. Let alone 5-of a living object !!! And congrats on the EP

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Comment posted by John Tobias on August 13, 2010 at 8:11 AM

Very crisp photo. Thanks for sharing.

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Comment posted by Nate Chappell on August 13, 2010 at 7:43 PM

Congrats Mark, great image!

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Comment posted by Eric Mannino on August 16, 2010 at 2:53 PM

Very impresseive shot. I love the detail and the BG. Thanks for sharing it.

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Comment posted by William Brozy on August 16, 2010 at 2:55 PM

exquisite!

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on February 28, 2011 at 10:25 AM

Best lookin' fly I've seen in quite awhile, great technique & results.
Very nice Mark

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