Insect reflections

Lord Vetinari · June 27, 2005

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 · June 27, 2005

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

AJ

Lord Vetinari · June 27, 2005

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 · June 27, 2005

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. · June 27, 2005

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

Lord Vetinari · June 28, 2005

Netgarden wrote:

Very precise Brian. Love the reflections!

Thanks Netgarden

Brian V.

Lord Vetinari · June 28, 2005

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 · June 29, 2005

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.