Well, I'm thrilled to win my first ribbon in my favourite photographic discipline! Macro gives us an opportunity to see design and beauty that might otherwise get overlooked. Well done to everyone in the challenge for the many beautiful shots, and thanks Mr fly for sitting still ;)
A very still day and a resting fly so I was able to get a good DOF for once.
Tripod, mirror lock up,cable release, shot in RAW, ambient light. In ACR, tweaked the curves to regain some of the detail under the body and to calm the highlights down. Convert to 16 bit Tiff. In PS a bit more curve tweaking and dodge/burn, crop and resize.
Statistics
Place: 1 out of 248 Avg (all users): 7.8544 Avg (commenters): 8.8333 Avg (participants): 7.8250 Avg (non-participants): 7.8846 Views since voting: 11688 Views during voting: 329 Votes: 158 Comments: 67 Favorites: 36 (view)
Wow nice capture. I never get enough of insect shots no matter the insect. This fly is fabulous. I wonder if it's looking at you through that drop on its eye?
i didn't vote on this challenge but this is phenomenal picture and i have added it to my fav's. and i don't think you'll find one as good in any science book either.
Congrat´s on the ribbon, I bet Jason is really pissed off that you took the top spot for this lens, hehehe :) Enjoy it while it lasts, at least if I know him correctly :P
Congrats! But damn you! Right when I was ready to take all of the Top 10 scores with this lens you come and land on top of ALL of them! :P Now I gotta get 10 scores above 7.8...
Well now, that's just showing off! ( the fly, I mean)
You must have the patience of a saint, and what a lovely rich set of colours - I live in England, and don't remember seeing flies with red eyes - just shows you what you miss if you don't look close enough!
Very, very nice picture. I wonder if they will ever produce a lens which will stop down to about f100 - so that you can get almost infinite depth of field?
I looked at a fly some 40 years ago through a binocular microscope, and it was scarily like this, but even greater depth of field. It's high time we had such lenses, but this is a very lovely picture, and you deserve your ribbon. All the best for your future ribbons!
Got to vote on this one, but didn't get back to comment. I'd picked this one to win the challenge but had no idea it would score so high. Congratulations!
The colors are just wonderful. They pop out of the creamy smooth bokeh like a flash bulb. The 180 macro is not an easy tool to master. You have really created a masterpiece.
Now THAT'S how to do a macro. I just knew it when I hit it in voting that this was going to do well. What a score! Congrats on your first ribbon and new personal best. :)
Wow. Not only beautiful and colorful, but the detail is stunning. I mean, seeing a water drop on a fly's eye? Amazing. Congrats on your ribbon in advance!
There is a winner! What can I say about this.... amazing focus, great perspective, nicely positioned in the frame, the water drops are a bonus. Great oof background. A fave, a 10, and see you on the front page mr. fly!
my god what details, the head and the drops are perfects, nice colours, very good the details on the body, a bit of blur probably for noise reduction in neat image or similar softwares. 10.
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