Hover Fly on a Flower

I put this up awhile ago and haven't received many comments or

ratings. Thanx for looking.

What kind of macro equiment you use?

Very sharp photo. Well captured.

Amazing clarity, wonderfully exposed. Great shot Mark!

Great shot. Nice work.

Outstanding!

As an Entomologist, I know how difficult it is to get a shot like this. The antennae (with bristle), mouthparts, and haltere (vestigial hindwing) are all beautifully in focus. I'm am most impressed with the amount of depth of field attained at only f8, attributable, I believe, to the digital realm. Was this taken with your G1 out of the box or with a supplementary closeup lens?

-BugBob

Folks, as noted in the equipment listed above, this image was taken with a canon g1 connected to a pentax 50mm 1.4 lens in the reverse position (using a macro coupler-male threads on both sides). I also used a 420ex flash with a diffuser mounted on a butterfly bracket.

Great folder, Mark--really great.

I agree with Bob Allen, this is not easy to do with such depth of field. I've never tried insects as they don't hold still enough to suit me but I've done a fair amount of micro photography of industrial items for engineering documentation so I know the realm here. Your results are very impressive with only a reversed lens. Coincidently, I use the same lens (a superb lens BTW) with a bellows for these types of photos but I think the digital interface does ad something lacking in film. A bravo to the whole folder for technical excellence if nothig else. You do marvelously well with the aesthetics too, ever try to get a bug to show you the other profile?