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Quick reflex

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Posted by David Taylor on July 15, 2009 at 7:37 PM
Quick reflex
The fly took off in reaction to the flash. Luckily I had anticipated that it might and pre-focussed accordingly hoping for the best.

Sigma SD14 dslr
Sigma 50 EX macro lens
Sigma ring flash
Hand held
F16
1/200s
ISO50
Manual focus
RAW adjustment in
SPP3.5
Cropped and retouched in PS Elements 5
Framed with Xara Xtreme Pro 5

:toast: :toast: :jump:
Posted by Major Gilbert on July 15, 2009 at 8:00 PM
Your making them different all the time David.
Cant believe how unreal the leaf and water look.
Just feel if the leading wing of the fly was moe in focus it wouldnt draw my eye so much. :toast:

Major.
Posted by Brett Lewis on July 16, 2009 at 4:49 AM
Nits covered but enjoying your recent series nonetheless.. Quite different.

Brett :toast:
Posted by Andy Astbury on July 16, 2009 at 5:04 AM
I don't know how you have the patience for this type of imagery David.

Very interesting image again :wavey:
Posted by Jorne de Bruin on July 16, 2009 at 7:51 AM
This is very cool, the leaf and droplets look unreal indeed, very well done! :wavey:
Posted by Justin on July 16, 2009 at 1:54 PM
Fly gymnastics, that's got to be a first for the forum :biggrin: Well anticipated.
Posted by David Kjaer on July 16, 2009 at 2:42 PM
Great reward for your efforts!

David :toast:
Posted by Guy Rogers on July 16, 2009 at 2:48 PM
Hello David

Enjoying these images of yours, different and nice to see.

:wavey: :wavey: :wavey: