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dpastern
1st of February 2007 (Thu), 05:19
Took this today, had a guy come over today (he's the husband of one of Angie's friends), and was showing him the macro setup, sans flash. He seems really keen to get a macro lens, so I let him have a play with my 1D and Sigma 150mm, he was completely taken by it. I took over the camera for one shot (wanted to make sure that I nailed this guy). Hope you enjoy.

Dave
LordV
1st of February 2007 (Thu), 05:30
Wonderful capture Dave- one of your best (that I've seen) The natural light works beautifully. Seems everyone has a pic of a robberfly except me :)
Brian v.
racketman
1st of February 2007 (Thu), 06:15
I like the diagonal composition ; typical muscular body .
Bald Eagle
1st of February 2007 (Thu), 07:18
Excellent work Dave. I too love the natural light look of this one. very sharp and colorful. Impressive.:D
mtonsbeek
1st of February 2007 (Thu), 07:26
Beautiful exposure Dave.
Brian, it's not much consolation but I haven't found one either!
I am envious Dave! Well done!

Maarten
lcpete
1st of February 2007 (Thu), 08:07
Marvellous shot :D love the natural light and colours
Pete
Leorooster
1st of February 2007 (Thu), 08:12
Great shot! Very sharp and lots of detail. I love the clean bg ;)
Cactuspic
1st of February 2007 (Thu), 08:38
Marvelous capture. I know the benefits of flash with its ability to freeze motion, both camera and bug. Nevertheless, there is a beauty to natural light that is often missing when flash is used.

Irwin
Omri Alon
1st of February 2007 (Thu), 08:44
This is an amazing shot, Dave :D
bandit 1
1st of February 2007 (Thu), 12:16
Hiya Dave,

Excellent shot, love the lighting, as Brian says it's one of your best, A little beaut !!!

Cheers for now
Mark
hidden forms
1st of February 2007 (Thu), 13:01
Great shot Dave, one of your best, the natural light gives it a nice look to it, the detail and compo is great
dpastern
1st of February 2007 (Thu), 20:40
Thanks for the extremely nice compliments guys, very much appreciated. I quite like the shot, not sure if it's one of my best though, that certainly did make me blush! I didn't expect this shot to come out that well, or sharp, as it was taken at ISO 800, 1/100, f5.6 due to limitations of available light. I'm glad I nailed focus and that camera shake didn't rear it's ugly head, especially as it was in an awkward position.

Brian - I hope many Robberflies come your way, I'm not seeing as many of them now, but I've probably seen 300-400 in the past 2 months, which is more than my fair share!

Cheers,

Dave