Housefly

craig_d

This is another little critter recently discovered outside our house. Amazingly, it actually sat still to be photographed, showing none of the housefly's usual panicky tendency to fly away when anything comes near. It was definitely alive, though; it was walking around as I was shooting it. Maybe it can't fly? :dunno




Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Tokina AT-X M100 AF PRO D 100mm f/2.8 macro lens
Canon MR-14EX Macro Ring Lite
1/100 sec. at f/11, ISO 100

Lord Vetinari

Nice one
Looks like a cluster fly
Brian V.

craig_d

Lord Vetinari wrote:

Nice one
Looks like a cluster fly
Brian V.

(retreats to Wikipedia to read up)

Aha. I see what you mean. Probably a young one, too, since it's still got lots of gold hairs. Thanks for the tip!

GOLDENORFE

good shot
wb looks slightly off, or is the wall slightly pink ?
phil

craig_d

GOLDENORFE wrote:

good shot
wb looks slightly off, or is the wall slightly pink ?
phil

Yes, the wall is pretty much the color you see here.

Eddy

Hi Craig:
do you use some sort of cover for the ringflash..i do have one like the one you have, but think its abit to harsh..and trying to find a way to make a diffuser for it..any idea's

craig_d

Eddy wrote:

Hi Craig:
do you use some sort of cover for the ringflash..i do have one like the one you have, but think its abit to harsh..and trying to find a way to make a diffuser for it..any idea's

No, I haven't experimented yet with trying to diffuse the light from the ring flash. It's already kind of diffuse, especially at macro distances, because the light is coming from all around the lens. I think a reflector or two would be of more use than a diffuser. A second, off-camera flash with a diffuser, triggered from the ring flash, is another possibility.