Insect reflections

Lord Vetinari

Just a couple of shots of insects either by or on water.
Comments welcome
Brian V.

first a mosquito


then a fly about 6mm long walking on water

MuskyDude

These are cool Brian! I think you get better detail in your reflections than I do in my main subjects...



AJ

Lord Vetinari

MuskyDude wrote:

These are cool Brian! I think you get better detail in your reflections than I do in my main subjects...

AJ

Thanks MuskyDude
Sure that's not quite true..
Think I need to find some way of getting a brighter reflection. These were on one of my water butts which is about 3 feet deep and fairly coloured.
Was a bit worried about getting flash reflection but at the low angle my flash is set to there was no reflection at all in the shots.

Brian V.

Netgarden

Very precise Brian. Love the reflections!

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Thanks MuskyDude
Sure that's not quite true..
Think I need to find some way of getting a brighter reflection. These were on one of my water butts which is about 3 feet deep and fairly coloured.
Was a bit worried about getting flash reflection but at the low angle my flash is set to there was no reflection at all in the shots.

Brian V.

Phil U.

Oh man, the fly on the water kinda blows my mind. I had to stare at it for a couple minutes...

Lord Vetinari

Netgarden wrote:

Very precise Brian. Love the reflections!

Thanks Netgarden

Brian V.

Lord Vetinari

Phil U. wrote:

Oh man, the fly on the water kinda blows my mind. I had to stare at it for a couple minutes...

Hope you've recovered
Kinda interesting to take the shot- apart from trying to make sure none of the equipment gets in the water, the slightest breeze made the fly sail across the surface.
Brian V.

Lord Vetinari

Increased reflectivity
Found one way to increase the reflectivity - put a sheet of white paper at the edge so that was reflecting in the water.
Brian V.