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Sep 01, 2007 11:02 |  #1

A few of a fruitfly and an aphid.


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Sep 01, 2007 11:10 |  #2

dam...what flash is it u used??and what lens and set up?


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Sep 01, 2007 11:26 |  #3

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dam...what flash is it u used??and what lens and set up?

Hi MJ, I used my Panasonic FZ8 with a Raynox MSN 202 lens and the onboard flash with a homemade milk carton diffuser.


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Sep 01, 2007 11:34 |  #4

Excellent shots Alby - you got a secret microscope down there ?
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Sep 01, 2007 11:41 |  #5

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Excellent shots Alby - you got a secret microscope down there ?
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Haha it's the weather Brian, the insects are huge here, I've just come back from riding a horsefly :-D


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Sep 01, 2007 17:26 |  #6

Another one of the Fruit fly on the compost bin lid.

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Sep 01, 2007 17:31 |  #7

Super shots Alby. Love the eye detail.


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Sep 01, 2007 17:45 as a reply to  @ skylab's post |  #8

Superb Shots Alby. Great detail in all of them.

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Sep 01, 2007 18:05 |  #9

The first one is stellar. Great sharpness and detail.

Great shots, Alby!


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Sep 01, 2007 18:17 |  #10

i hate drosophila melanogaster, especially if you ever had to work with them -- you want to take a shower ever time you leave the lab.

nice shots tho :)




  
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Sep 01, 2007 22:25 as a reply to  @ scokar's post |  #11

so that what a fruitfly looks like i saw one the other day. like the aphids also.
nice series Alby.

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Sep 02, 2007 11:00 |  #12

Thanks everyone for your kind words. :-D


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