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The Fly, the bubble and the mushroom...

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Posted by PhilH on September 22, 2008 at 9:41 AM
The Fly, the bubble and the mushroom...
40D, 180/3.5, A327+ BH1
ISO200, 1/125 @f4.5
Diffuser + silver reflector
C1 v4 + resize & sharpen CS3.

Would have liked more DoF here but silly me forgot to stop down after taking some images for stacking :rolleyes:

40D is of to Canon Service centre tomorrow, the famous Error 99 shutter failure :frown:

All the best

Phil
Posted by Tristan Campbell on September 22, 2008 at 10:14 AM
Absolutely beautiful Phil. Personally I disagree on the depth of field - I think the shallow focus gives a wonderful dreamy effect and the sharpness is spot on in the most important places. The colours are wonderful. Great image. Tristan
Posted by David Kjaer on September 22, 2008 at 10:46 AM
W :eek: W Phil - stunning I love it as is. Your title sounds like a Fairy Tale :cool:

David :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by David Taylor on September 22, 2008 at 10:57 AM
Great bubble blowing action on an excellent perch. DOF just right IMHO, although it would be nice to see stacked version. :wink:

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Posted by jack chapman on September 22, 2008 at 11:52 AM
beautiful image, like Tristan said very dreamy and too much depth of field might have spoilt that
Posted by Greg Hitchcock on September 22, 2008 at 12:42 PM
Gorgeous Phil. I like the shallow DoF, and the composition has an almost landscape feel to it (well, a landscape with a giant fly sitting on a tree in grassland!)

I've been meaning to ask this for a while - what's an 'A327+ BH1' - I'm assuming it's a tripod and head of some sort?

Greg
Posted by tony flashman on September 22, 2008 at 1:02 PM
Shallow DOF works for me Phil.
Is it not time that you came to the dark side??

Tony :toast: :toast:
Posted by Arron Fox on September 22, 2008 at 1:14 PM
Works for me - Brilliant shot - Well done
Posted by Dawn Monrose on September 22, 2008 at 1:39 PM
The dof works for me too!! Lovely lighting and colours, beautiful image!!

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Posted by Fran French on September 22, 2008 at 2:23 PM
Nought wrong with the dof here Phil! An image to be proud of.

Fran
Posted by Ian Andrews on September 22, 2008 at 2:39 PM
Error 99, wassat??? :wink: :confused: :eek:

Lovely image though. :toast: :toast: :toast:

Ian :smile:
Posted by Tom Smit on September 22, 2008 at 3:47 PM
DoF is not a problem. Lovely image.
My 20D just returned from the service centre. They couldn't find anything wrong with one.
Hope yours can be repaired.
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Posted by David Clapp on September 22, 2008 at 4:18 PM
Perfectly fine as it is, looks like he's just hanging out chewing gum. Soft colours and great exposure and processing.