Fly mix

Lord Vetinari · September 30, 2008

Some recent fly shots - many taken on a dew covered sun chair.
Brian V.

Maynard23 · September 30, 2008

Fly's Eyes
Mate,
I love all of your shots!!
This is my favorite. So much detail.
Thanks for sharing them. Bloody excellent!!

Lord Vetinari wrote:

GOLDENORFE · September 30, 2008

Great shots Brian

. do like #3 best.
what did you use for background colour in some?
phil

canon400d · September 30, 2008

GOLDENORFE wrote:

Great shots Brian . do like #3 best.
what did you use for background colour in some?
phil

Yes brilliant shots Brian. I like each and everyone and thoroughly enjoyed viewing them.
Regards
Bob

rnickl · October 1, 2008

Very nice as usual Brian.

Do you mind sharing how you're getting such great DOF? It really stands out to me in shot 6. I'm assuming it's not a stack because the exif is present but, it seem an awfully large DOF for f/9. I don't think I am able to get that depth at f/16 or better.

Rick

Ahzdeeen · October 1, 2008

V, just out of curiosity, do you know what the average temperature is when you go out shooting insects? I'm out in California, and since it's still summer here (normal day is 75-95), nothing wants to sit still for more than a split second. I'm hoping winter will give me better results, since we usually have winters (It's unusual if we get frost in the morning before the sun comes up)

Lord Vetinari · October 1, 2008

Thanks for looking and commenting

rnickl - they are all focus stacks from 2 or 3 shots except #2. I often do them by hand which leaves the EXIF.

Ahzdeeen - Think the temp was around 13 to 18'C for most of these, but you are right the higher the temp the harder it can be. In the UK most of the bugs seem to disappear above 25'C. The shots on the dewy sunchair were early morning shots when it is a lot easier to get close to them.

Brian V.