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Tightrope

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted September 11, 2016197 views4 comments

While this fly appears to be doing some tightrope walking or flying at an odd angle, in reality, it is caught in a spider web. This gave me a chance to shoot it and the viola. D600, 150 macro, 1/500, f6.3, iso 200, tripod and release. Suggestions and other comments welcome.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on September 12, 2016 at 11:41 AM

Cool! Without being able to see the spider's web, that fly looks like its coming in upside down. The colors in the viola and the background are great also.

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Comment posted by Balan Vinod on September 13, 2016 at 9:53 AM

Beautiful BG and color scheme in the frame ...and the circus by the fly is very nice...could not have gone closer?
Nice work anyways.

Balan Vinod

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Comment posted by scott lanz on September 13, 2016 at 4:42 PM

I could have gotten closer, Balan, but I wanted a shot of both the fly and the flower, as if the fly was in flight. The fly was actually, well, not alive and a fly, so I was not that interested in a close up. angel

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on September 25, 2016 at 6:10 PM

Wonderful colors and a neat subject, Scott. I'm debating with myself whether it would be more impressive with the spider web visible or not, but I sure like it this way.

devil

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments