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Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted April 14, 201296 views6 comments

A shot from last summer. I know the leg is cut off - I was being lazy in camera. It would be nice to have a better reason (compositional, subject motion, experimenting, etc), but nope, just compositional laziness.

Canon 7D, 65 mm MPE macro at about 3x, MR-24 twin flash, manual mode, 1/60 sec, f11.

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6 comments

Comment posted by Fabio Giarrizzo on April 14, 2012 at 6:10 PM

Excellent macro shot, with fine DOF, terrific detail on eye and a pleasant warm BG- Very well done, Fabio

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on April 14, 2012 at 7:15 PM

Love the eye on this fellow, and the head.
Fine image!
Sandy

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Comment posted by Tonia Graves on April 14, 2012 at 7:38 PM

Great detial in the fly's face. The yellow color surrounding the fly works well with this.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on April 14, 2012 at 11:29 PM

Yes, the eyes have it. Excellent macro work.

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on April 15, 2012 at 7:15 PM

The eye is amazing! Very cool shot, Dan, but it's kind of horrifying to see a fly up close like this... I find it fascinating and disgusting all at once!

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Comment posted by Dan Borzynski on April 15, 2012 at 10:27 PM

"... but it's kind of horrifying to see a fly up close like this"

Mission accomplished

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