Fly picture with extension tubes

[JoseC]

There was apparently no insects this evening , but looking
carefully, I found this little fly (3mm long) .
Used my 50mm 1.8 lens and the full set of Kenko extension tubes
with my 350D and 420EX flash with omnibounce attached on it.
I found that approaching very close to the fly(2or 3 cm) a white paper sheet
to help to have more flash light reflected onto the fly helped a lot.
Hope you'll like this little hairy fly :)
Rgds
Jose
PS: I used the unsharp mask in photoshop to get the picture sharpness.

http://jscpll.club.fr/flyhair.jpg


http://jscpll.club.fr/flyhead.jpg

[Isshinharu]

Wow... I don't think I've seen that much detail on a fly. Amazing shot!

[Ballen Photo]

Jose, This photo is vey sharp. :D The fly is kind of strange looking to me. I'm not sure I've seen one of those before. :rolleyes:
-Bruce

[JoseC]

Wow... I don't think I've seen that much detail on a fly. Amazing shot!
Thanks Isshinharu.
I had to take many shots to get this one, but not so many ( one tenth).
Jose

[Rigrider]

Fantastic shot! And now you've definatley got me thinking about investing in the tube set!! (hate mail from my wife to follow! :D)

L8r,

[JoseC]

Jose, This photo is vey sharp. :D The fly is kind of strange looking to me. I'm not sure I've seen one of those before. :rolleyes:
-Bruce
Thanks for the comments Bruce.
I have seen pictures of this kind of fly on the web and was thinking also that
there was not such kind of flies in my neighborhood.
There are so tiny that you dont think to shoot them if you dont have the right
gear so you dont know how they look like.
Jose

[JoseC]

Fantastic shot! And now you've definatley got me thinking about investing in the tube set!! (hate mail from my wife to follow! :D)

L8r,
Thanks for the kind words Rigrider.
Yes, tubes are excellent, buy them :).
Jose

[sw2001]

wow great detail and very sharp - that little fly - amazing.
Rebel XT and the right lenses - what do you need more :D

[JoseC]

wow great detail and very sharp - that little fly - amazing.
Rebel XT and the right lenses - what do you need more :D
Thanks sw2001.
What I need ?
Find bugs :) :)
Jose

[Bald Eagle]

Great shot, tubes are great arent they? I agree more bugs would be better, very well done with this one.

[ElleG83]

great photo... but that little fly is NASTY looking:shock:

[Leorooster]

Amazing shot. Has a lot of detail.

[kallousa]

Excellent work, Jose
You made that ugly look like a mannequin under lights

Regards

[dancinec]

Good capture, it looks like a fruitfly (Drosophila) to me.

[BigAl-SA]

Excellent detail Jose!

[JoseC]

Thanks all.
To see the details a bit more I added a 100pc crop of the head
Jose