The Fly

I finally have some time to do a few things I like, so whilst sitting on my duff waiting for the plumber I saw this guy and a few friends sniffing around the bin.
It's about a 80% crop, natural light, 100mm f2.8 macro,

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Lovely capture- a greebottle fly - I'd take some shots of the plumber too they are a rare species here
Brian V.

LordV wrote in post #5119186
Lovely capture- a greebottle fly - I'd take some shots of the plumber too they are a rare species here
Brian V.

Thanks Brian.. I was lucky that this guy was a bit of a showoff, most of his pals were not so obliging.
This plumber isn't too bad, he came on a Saturday for the same price as a weekday because he thought it was too hot yesterday ( 40+ degrees is hot ! ).. we'll keep him here thanks

next time dont shoot it at f/2.8.thats way to low hense why not all the pic is in focus..and your shutter speed is way to high..in natural light u be better off bumping iso to 400..then u can set fstop to f/8-16 and shutter speed 125-200..u can always run noise where professional to get the noise out.but theres nothing u can do after woods to get it in focus..for a subject as big as a fly your want to use something like f/11..Keep practicing with different settings.look at brian's exif data on his flick account..and read others that are good at shooting..this how i learnt..i looked for all the best pics and red there exif data..Your find all the best macro photographers use the same settings..

Hey, BTW, where do you guys get alll these beatiful insects from?
Some kind of zoo?
For the past 5-7 days I have been looking and can't find anything like this...

Very good shot..

Azzure_7 wrote in post #5119303
Hey, BTW, where do you guys get alll these beatiful insects from?
Some kind of zoo?
For the past 5-7 days I have been looking and can't find anything like this...

Very good shot..

in the summer if u go to a lake or a forest u will find 1000s of insects.In the winter there isnt much about

I hear what you say MJ although I am still happy with the end result.

I found this baby on the rubbish bin, its the beginning of autumn here and there are plenty of flies about still

xa-coupe wrote in post #5119475
I hear what you say MJ although I am still happy with the end result.

I found this baby on the rubbish bin, its the beginning of autumn here and there are plenty of flies about still

As u learn more and progress your beocme more picky..what set up u using?

That was a 350D and canon 100mm macro... natural sunlight.

Just a plain 100 f2.8 macro?
No extension tube or anything?

No extension tube, no flash nothing but the lens. I sized it up to about 80%, cropped it and posted it.. oh... and sharpened it.