Fly

[te51cle]

Was lucky enough to spot this fly at lunch time. Might have been useful in last months oddities comp...

[pic]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v693/te51cle/Fly.jpg[/pic]

[GetCarter]

...a man of your talent needs a macro lens.

I have NO patience with flys. All that moving about and avoiding focus... what's that all about!

A man of no DOF am I (t'was the best I could get before I swore).

www.stevecarter.com/macro/eyes.jpg

[Mrs Fish]

WOW How on earth did you manage to get that close?

[GetCarter]

Mrs Fish said:

WOW How on earth did you manage to get that close?

Getting that close was easy (Nikkor AF MIRCO 105mm 1:2.8D - Simpo's recommendation) - spending 40 mins sifting through and deleting the 130+ pics that were out of focus was the tricky bit!

Bloody flys.

[Mr Noble]

GetCarter said:

...a man of your talent needs a macro lens. I have NO patience with flys. All that moving about and avoiding focus... what's that all about! A man of no DOF am I (t'was the best I could get before I swore). www.stevecarter.com/macro/eyes.jpg

A spot of chloroform works wonders!

[simpo two]

GetCarter said:

Getting that close was easy (Nikkor AF MIRCO 105mm 1:2.8D - Simpo's recommendation) - spending 40 mins sifting through and deleting the 130+ pics that were out of focus was the tricky bit!

Ah yes, those macro lenses are tricky bastards to use well. I'm thinking of upgrading my compact to the Ricoh Caplio R3 and that focuses to 1cm!! Which rather makes the D70 and macro lens look a bit silly...

[te51cle]

I'll stick to taking them from the underside of the leaf, that way they can't see you coming and don't buzz off just when you're ready !

Makes you wonder what a fly sees though, and how it interprets between food, mate and danger. Run away when you see this I suppose !