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Aug 15, 2007 10:01 |  #1

i saved this guys life.he was drowning and i pulled him out while he was drying off i took some shots.his eyes are HUGE...any one know what this is called?
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Aug 15, 2007 11:50 |  #2

Second shot looks like you might have pulled him out of a bottle of beer:lol:
You'd think with all that eye power he could avoid falling in the drink!


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Aug 15, 2007 12:29 |  #3

thats a weird one alright, you should be able to find it in the galleries at diptera.info but LordV may well ID it for you.
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Aug 15, 2007 12:51 |  #4

He does look a bit worse for wear. Big eyes.


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Aug 16, 2007 00:48 |  #5
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does 1:4 mean a magnification factor of 4?




  
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Aug 16, 2007 01:10 |  #6

lovely closeups - sound silly but think it's a march fly male.
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Aug 16, 2007 04:41 |  #7

400dabuser wrote in post #3736256 (external link)
does 1:4 mean a magnification factor of 4?

4x life size meaning its 4 times what we see,(1:4)

1:1 life size
1:2 life size
1:3 life size
1:4 life size
1:5 life size


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Aug 16, 2007 05:07 |  #8

isnt that 4:1 ? I would take 1:2 to mean half life size 2:1 to be twice life size :confused:


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Aug 16, 2007 11:17 |  #9

racketman wrote in post #3736702 (external link)
isnt that 4:1 ? I would take 1:2 to mean half life size 2:1 to be twice life size :confused:

hmm thinking about it its 2:1 isnt it? im not to sure now.:oops: i hope im right or i got alot of title editing to do:lol: and looking at the 2:1 i thinking u mayby right:oops: im sure someone will be in to tell us the real one..


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Aug 16, 2007 12:44 |  #10
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very confusing for me aswell




  
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Aug 19, 2007 02:40 |  #11
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me thinks he has it wrong magnification factor (external link)




  
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Aug 19, 2007 04:53 as a reply to  @ RichSoansPhotos's post |  #12

definatly 4:1 nice fly too:D


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Aug 19, 2007 10:53 |  #13

His seen better days for sure.


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