Another fly

[Scottie68]

Comments please, good or bad, all welcome


Fly by surfinscottie, on Flickr

 

[RJL2005]

Focus seems spot on, nice colours too

 

[billybob99]

Very good nice poise as well

 

[jambobowron]

good shot this, love the colours

 

[Davec223]

Great shot Scott, out of curiosity what is your set up?

 

[petersmart]

What I want to know is: how do you get them to pose like that?

Seriously an excellent shot.

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[Jaymo_sx]

Funny that at such magnification an insect as common as a fly can look stunning!

Very nice picture

 

[davep90]

very nice and sharp that

 

[Deleted member 3428]

Excellent shot.

 

[Robwad]

That's an amazing burst of colour from a humble fly..............brilliant.

 

[Scottie68]

Great shot Scott, out of curiosity what is your set up?

Thanks Dave. My set up for that shot was a nikon d700, 105mm micro lens with a 31mm extension tube hand held. No flash needed as was well lit with the sun. Just bumped up the ISO

What I want to know is: how do you get them to pose like that?

Seriously an excellent shot.

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Hi Peter. I actually got a few tips from this forum a few weeks ago. The first was to capture them and put them in the freezer (which I haven't tried yet) or to get them late afternoon or morning when they are resting. As long as you don't cast a shadow over them, you can get very close. As you can see, the second tip works! You don't even need to say cheese!

 

[Scottie68]

Funny that at such magnification an insect as common as a fly can look stunning!

Very nice picture

Totally agree, the colours and the detail are amazing! You wouldn't believe that they were probably sifting through dogs crap just before that shot!!