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Fly on a stick...

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Posted by David Taylor on August 19, 2009 at 5:16 PM
Fly on a stick...
...sunning itself today.

Sigma SD14 dslr
Sigma 50 EX macro lens
Sigma ring flash
Hand held
F18
1/125s
ISO50
Manual focus
RAW adjustment in
SPP3.5
Cropped in PS Elements 5
Framed with Xara Xtreme Pro 5

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Posted by Matt Cole on August 19, 2009 at 5:22 PM
hard to disagree with your title David :smile: A nicely taken shot, I find Greenbottles very tricky as they're so reflective.

Matt :toast:
Posted by Justin on August 19, 2009 at 5:36 PM
Good one David.
Posted by Craig Jones on August 19, 2009 at 5:59 PM
He's back!! and love the composition here,being different is catching :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: brillant image David and lovely colours :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Ian Macdermott on August 19, 2009 at 6:18 PM
Nice one David :smile:
Posted by Lee Newman on August 19, 2009 at 6:23 PM
A super Image.
you have captured the colours & details very well, Nice perch & bg too.

Lee
Posted by Austin Thomas on August 20, 2009 at 1:56 PM
Very nice David,

Good to see the rules being broken.
Is the background also lit by the ring flash or is that ambient light illuminating the background ?

Cheers

Austin
Posted by David Taylor on August 20, 2009 at 2:01 PM
Rules. what rules? :biggrin: :biggrin: It will be the ring flash, with the aperture at F18 I would think ambient light would have little or no effect, Austin.

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Posted by Bob Cox on August 20, 2009 at 2:47 PM
Nice shot, very colourful .

Bob.
Posted by Kim Connolly on August 20, 2009 at 2:57 PM
Nice shot of a difficult subject.