Just flies

Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
edited August 23, 2007 in Holy Macro
Some recent fly shots

brian V.

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  • schmooschmoo Registered Users Posts: 8,468 Major grins
    edited August 21, 2007
    As always, I'm so impressed!! :D

    First of all, how do you manage to sneak up on these guys?
    Second of all, how do you get them to stay put if you dangle a flower behind them to get the background?
    Third, what's the red thingymadoodie on the back of that one?
    Fourth... Nice mugshot on the fourth one down! A face only a mother could love. :D
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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited August 21, 2007
    Wonderful photos ! clap.gif
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  • RogersDARogersDA Registered Users Posts: 3,502 Major grins
    edited August 21, 2007
    Darn nice shootin', Brian. Colors, saturation, clarity are all great.
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited August 21, 2007
    schmooo wrote:
    As always, I'm so impressed!! :D

    First of all, how do you manage to sneak up on these guys?
    Second of all, how do you get them to stay put if you dangle a flower behind them to get the background?
    Third, what's the red thingymadoodie on the back of that one?
    Fourth... Nice mugshot on the fourth one down! A face only a mother could love. :D

    The man is a Bug Whisperer Schmooo nod.gif yup, I'm convinced :D
    ... Skippy
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited August 21, 2007
    Lord Vetinari wrote:
    Some recent fly shots

    brian V.

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    Details, details, need details rolleyes1.gif
    Are these stacked ?
    MPE-65 used, or other lens combination ?

    Fly number #5 is that a parisite attached to him,
    or just part of his body ?

    They all look fantastic Brian clap.gif
    You amaze me how you can find so many bugs to shoot.

    Another Excellent Series my friend thumb.gif .... Skippy :D
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  • DavidTODavidTO Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 19,160 Major grins
    edited August 21, 2007
    Mebbe we should call you Lord of the Flies! :D

    Nice work, as always.
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  • D.RodgersD.Rodgers Registered Users Posts: 212 Major grins
    edited August 21, 2007
    Skippy wrote:
    The man is a Bug Whisperer Schmooo nod.gif yup, I'm convinced :D
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    Lol ,I think I agree with you Skippy rolleyes1.gif
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  • SylarSylar Registered Users Posts: 83 Big grins
    edited August 21, 2007
    Wow
    Hey man, how i sayd you are the Macro master...
    Amazing shot my friend!thumb.gifclap.gif
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  • donekdonek Registered Users Posts: 655 Major grins
    edited August 21, 2007
    Lord Vetinari wrote:
    Some recent fly shots

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    You always amaze me!
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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited August 22, 2007
    Thanks for the kind comments everyone - I do appreciate them :D

    Skippy all the shots were taken with an MPE-65 using flash and all were focus stacked from 2 to 5 shots except #1 (no focus stacking). Shot between 1.5:1 and 3:1 magnification.

    Schmoo
    "First of all, how do you manage to sneak up on these guys?
    Second of all, how do you get them to stay put if you dangle a flower behind them to get the background?
    Third, what's the red thingymadoodie on the back of that one?"

    1. You just need to move in slowly on flies and see how they react. Sometimes they do fly away and sometimes they don't. The more occupied they are the easier they are to approach hence #1. The colder they are the less likely they are to fly- these were all shot in the morning, and the smaller the flies are the less likely it is they will take any notice of you.

    2. Putting a flower behind them actually disturbs them more than putting a camera lens in front of them, but as I was doing flower refraction shots when most of these were shot, you might as well try :D

    3. The red blob in #5 is not a school satchel but probably a parasitic mite. It's definitely a mite but often they are not parasitic- just hitching a lift somewhere else, but the posture of this (head down) and the bloated abdomen suggest it is a parasite.

    Brian V.
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  • ziggy53ziggy53 Super Moderators Posts: 24,077 moderator
    edited August 23, 2007
    Brian,

    I think that the Canon MP-E 65 mm f/2.8 is a full-frame lens?

    If true, wouldn't you multiply the lens-designated magnification by the crop factor of the camera, assuming a crop camera was used?

    Thanks,
    ziggy53
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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited August 23, 2007
    ziggy53 wrote:
    Brian,

    I think that the Canon MP-E 65 mm f/2.8 is a full-frame lens?

    If true, wouldn't you multiply the lens-designated magnification by the crop factor of the camera, assuming a crop camera was used?

    Thanks,
    Hi Ziggy,
    Yes the MPE-65 is a full frame lens but like any other macro lens the magnification ratio is expressed as size of image on the sensor compared to the original object so the sensor size is irrelevent. ie 1:1 magnification means 1cm of subject appears as 1cm of image on the sensor.
    What is affected however is the print magnification. ie a 6*4 print from a full frame camera will appear less magnified than the same print taken with a 1.6 crop camera.
    Brian V.
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  • ziggy53ziggy53 Super Moderators Posts: 24,077 moderator
    edited August 23, 2007
    Lord Vetinari wrote:
    Hi Ziggy,
    Yes the MPE-65 is a full frame lens but like any other macro lens the magnification ratio is expressed as size of image on the sensor compared to the original object so the sensor size is irrelevent. ie 1:1 magnification means 1cm of subject appears as 1cm of image on the sensor.
    What is affected however is the print magnification. ie a 6*4 print from a full frame camera will appear less magnified than the same print taken with a 1.6 crop camera.
    Brian V.

    thumb.gifthumb An excellent explabation!

    Wonderful series, BTW. You have really developed your craft into consistantly superb images.
    ziggy53
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