It is in the eyes (Please, view the larger version)

Slightly cropped version. I was shooting a bee while this one flew to

the same flower. :-) Well I got two close-up portraits. What do you

think about this one? Too unsharp? Too close? This was shot by using

the reversed Sigma 24mm lens in the Nikon D50-body. That way I can

get quite nice magnifications... Thank you for viewing.

a very good macro shot, a pleasing composition and very nice details...

Great Shot At This magnification is very difficult to get one of this guys Sharp Excellent Job. Congratulations. Could you share your setting for this shot and what was the distance between the lens and this fly? Thank You.

Thank you very much for your very kind words! I just checked your portfolio and it has some of the very best macro-images I have ever seen. Mine are humble compared to those. I have photographed for quite some time, started over 20 years ago, but it has been an on/off hobby because of the economical investments and other limiting things. So, I shoot allmost everything, but this macro-enthusiasm I found a little more than a month ago.

 

Well, to this photo. I shoot these handheld just because of the very narrow depth of field, just like your photos too. I used a Sigma 24mm f:2,8 lens reversed straight into the camera body. Aperture was f:11 and exposure time was 1/160 seconds. I used the cameras own flash with 1/2 the power. As I said in the original text, this is slightly cropped version, but not that much. The bug was about 5-6 cm from the front lens... Perhaps 7 cm, but not more. The lens was focused to infinity.

 

If you browse the macro-images folder on my portfolio, you can find more of my learning shots. Some are cropped most are done just the same way as this one. The one with a spider having a meal and the "Bee having a meal" photos are uncropped and show the maqnification quite well. The spider was about an 1 cm body length and less than a cm wide. The bee is just a normal european honey bee, perhaps 2-2,5 cm long body. Perhaps the best maqnification comes from the "Hopeless"-photo. The bug in it is only about 1mm wide and 2mm long. I have cropped about 1/3 from the left side of the image, but nothing from the height.

 

Oh my, this is rather long answer. I do hope that you can understand my poor english and dont get tired on reading such a novel. :-)

Dear Alpo, congrats! this is a great macro close up :o)

Regards

Daniella

Superior imagen de gran belleza tecnica, luz, color y bello encuadre, saludos cordiales Alpo.

without a doubt, your best shot in your macro portfolio. the color and detail really stand out. really good work Alpo. regards, J.K.