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Who shares my opinion that flies are good looking ?

Hello! Peter Houtmeyers.

I dont realy like flyes but this is Nice and Sharp.Great Shot.

What Aperture did you use for this Shot and did you use Tripod?

Thanks for Sharing this nice shot.By the way Nice Lens too.

Thanks Omar!

The settings are at the bottom of the photo(in the frame).

I never use a tripod when taking insectmacro's, it takes to much time to set one up.Most insects ( except caterpillars and snails ;0) ) are long gone by the time you have setup the tripod .

Excellent shot, good composition and lighting.

Cheers

Wow. wow.. wow.. Perfect as always dear Peter :):) bravo so sharp and great details!

 

Long time no see dear Friend, welcome back, I missed your MACRO :):)

 

Biliana

Thank you Biliana !

Weergaloos..! Fotografeer nooit meer iets anders. Na alle kleurenpracht is dit van een verbijsterende schoonheid.Het hele beeld. Kwam even gluren. 7/7 Ik moet toch wat.. (Dit is de eerste maal dat ik zonder er bij na te denken in het Nederlands heb gereageerd.) Het was echt raak dus. Merci, Peter.

Dank u Olaf! Eindelijk nog iemand die de schoonheid van een vlieg weet te waarderen.

 

Excelent shot! Good colours and details.

Nice! Mark Plonsky would be proud!

Mooi gedaan, en zo scherp!

I'm not sure about good looking, but in a photo light this flies can certainly hold my attention!

I read up about this lens, and although it has really good magnification, the minimum focusing distances seemed really small. How did you manage to take this photo without scaring away the fly??

Thanks Lucy.

 

The trick to getting so close to these flies is easy. Just keep trying to get close enough,sooner or later there's one that does not fly away. Try to get a photo of them in the morning or late afternoon when the temperature is low. They are a lot less activ then. Succes!

>> Who shares my opinion that flies are good looking ?

 

Not me. This picture (while excellent by itself) only stresses my opinion that they are good runners for the "Ugliest creature" title.

 

Happy shooting,

Yakim.

 

They don't hide for a portrait..! :)