Dolichopodidae: Condylostylus

ZanottiZanotti Registered Users Posts: 1,411 Major grins
edited May 27, 2009 in Holy Macro
I guess it was just a weekend for flies!




Amazing color. He seemed to jump every time the flash triggered. Many shots had him moving before the shutter could close or during the flash duration - fast little bug!


Z
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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited May 27, 2009
    Good one :)

    I was shooting a dolichopid the other day and had to resort to shooting manual flash as the pre-flash for ttl metering was making it jump.
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  • ZanottiZanotti Registered Users Posts: 1,411 Major grins
    edited May 27, 2009
    I am relatively new to this, but I had never seen this preflash reaction before.

    This fly was sitting still, but in the instant between focusing and triggering the shutter he moved significantly - sometimes completely out of the frame.

    I did not understand why when going back to look at the card, there were so many leaf shots with nothing in them. Upon closer review, there was at times a very small amount of the fly or simply an out of focus moving fly.

    Their reaction times must be incredible. Is there any way to compensate - or simply go over to manual flash and eliminate the pre flash focus/exposure?

    What kind of bugs exhibit this behavior? It must only be sensitive, highly reactive ones.


    Z
    It is the purpose of life that each of us strives to become actually what he is potentially. We should be obsessed with stretching towards that goal through the world we inhabit.
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