Oh No not more flies

Few fly shots from the last couple of days from the garden.
Couple of them I haven't seen before including what I assume is a robber fly (the one that looks like Arnold Schwarznegger).
As an aside I have used on some of these a PS action called paul's Velvia from here http://www.atncentral.com/download.htm which does accentuate the colour (supposed to mimick Velvia film).
Comments welcome.
Brian V.




Couple of them I haven't seen before including what I assume is a robber fly (the one that looks like Arnold Schwarznegger).
As an aside I have used on some of these a PS action called paul's Velvia from here http://www.atncentral.com/download.htm which does accentuate the colour (supposed to mimick Velvia film).
Comments welcome.
Brian V.





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Assume by higher ratios, you mean the lighting being one-sided. I'm beginning to get used to it, in fact I think I like it that way.
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Great shot as always Brian. You always amaze me
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As to getting close to them I quite often just sit down near some bushes and wait for them to come to me- of course not washing for a few weeks helps
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It's the sudden stops!
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I also found that on DPReview at least the way people described crops was all over the place. eg 100% crop = all of picture no crop or only 50% of original shown, so I gave up and just describe as cropped or uncropped when I think it's necessary.
Certainly do not feel guilty about it, in fact quite often use it to give the impression of greater DOF.
Brian V.
BTW what's FM?- assume it's another photosite?
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Your colours are excellent and I appreciate the link to the Velvia action. I'm always striving to get my portraits to look less "digital" and from the few minutes I had to play, this action might well help.
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Must admit I'm not sure about the colour, think it's a bit too much but that may be just because I'm not used to it. Was only using 40 to 50% of the colour increase in the action. I picked up the hint about the action on another forum- good to spread these things around if they work.
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