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Green Bottle

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Posted by Dennis Alden on June 28, 2009 at 7:48 AM
Green Bottle
Found quite a few of these buzzing around some ferns in the Garden. Lucilia caesar I believe but please correct me if I'm wrong!!

C&C welcome

Techs

50D 100m f2.8 macro iso400 -0.67
Levels CS4 dfine2 to control the noise

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dennis
Posted by Adam Seward on June 28, 2009 at 9:19 AM
I'll take your word for it on the scientific name, but I do like the photo. Good use of depth of field (what aperture did you use?), and I like the angle. :toast:
Posted by David Taylor on June 28, 2009 at 10:52 AM
Excellent pose of the FOAL (fly on a leaf). Could do with a lot more postings of insects IMHO.

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Posted by Dawn Monrose on June 28, 2009 at 11:08 AM
Very nice, great comp and depth of field here. It looks a tiny bit washed out on my screen, it may benefit from a little boost in contrast, but that could just be my monitor as no one else has mentioned it.
Posted by Dennis Alden on June 28, 2009 at 11:33 AM
thanks for the comments - I thought I might have left too much "negative space" in the bottom right of the image. Forgot to mention it was 1/40th @f11

dennis
Posted by Major Gilbert on June 28, 2009 at 6:27 PM
Looks fine to me Dennis. As said good use of DF. :toast:

Major.
Posted by John Robinson on June 28, 2009 at 6:30 PM
Another I missed earlier (No broadband ! )
This is great ! Love the use of DOF. Wonder what 16 would have been like !?
JohnR
PS When I saw green bottle , I thought of lazy days in France with those "little green bottles"
They never tasted the same at home. !