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American Hoverfly

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted July 28, 201140 views4 comments

Shot this, this past March on the garage wall. Background of the siding has been significantly cleaned up. It doesn't look natural, but I feel it emphasizes the fly so well that this is the way I like it.

Olympus E-5
50mm F2 macro
1/60sec @ F11, -1.0 EV
Ring flash used
CWA metering
ISO 200
tripod

Large view provided

Thanks you for comments and critiques, past and future.

Comments

4 comments

Comment posted by Roger Leekam on July 28, 2011 at 10:38 PM

Even though it's not strictly speaking a nature image, I think that the technical detail is outstanding, especially in the wings.

Registered on May 28, 2009, 83 Posts, 646 Comments

Comment posted by RL Potts on July 29, 2011 at 2:38 PM

Excellent detail and sharpness, anyway. I went through a ring flash phase for a while. What I would do is detach the ring and hold it to the side and shoot with one hand. This allowed some modelling and cut down on some of the harsh reflections. More on the eyes and less on the wings would not hurt anything on this one.

Registered on November 24, 2003, 188 Posts, 985 Comments

Comment posted by Charlie Baugh on July 29, 2011 at 3:47 PM

Not sure I follow your thinking about this not being a nature image. Because of the altered background? Are you thinking "photo-art?

Yes RL I sometimes remove the ring flash from the lens and hold it to the side, top and sometimes to the bottom of a subject. I wish I had experimented a bit with this bug.

Charlie

Registered on April 18, 2011, 329 Posts, 1985 Comments

Comment posted by Howard Cheek on July 31, 2011 at 7:43 AM

The light BG puts all the attention on your HF, a nicely detailed closeup Charlie.
Colors look good, like that sheen I see on its wings too

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