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Little Fly
Little Fly
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Challenge: Free Study 2007-11 (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
Location: South Africa, Pretoria
Date: Nov 17, 2007
Aperture: around 5.6
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Macro
Date Uploaded: Nov 28, 2007

 Macro using reverse mounted 50mm f/1.8 lens.

Flash with shoot-through umbrella camera right, slaved to built-in flash (minimum power so as not to contribute to exposure). It was very overcast so essentially all illumination is from the flash.

Converted from RAW. Noise reduction. Cloned out a few spots on the leaf. Resize, smart sharpen and save for web.

Statistics
Place: 127 out of 393
Avg (all users): 5.9467
Avg (commenters): 7.2727
Avg (participants): 5.9820
Avg (non-participants): 5.8462
Views since voting: 824
Views during voting: 224
Votes: 150
Comments: 11
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 12/04/2007 12:56:58 PM
Neat - looks like a complete jungle - which I'm sure is how it looks to him, too!
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Nikon D80
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
 12/03/2007 10:22:10 PM
Love this shot. Maybe a bit soft and slightly out of focus. 9
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Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III
Canon EF 180mm f/3.5 L Macro USM
 12/03/2007 04:50:32 PM
He really is very appealing :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D300s
Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM for Nikon
 12/03/2007 01:05:31 AM
a really shallow DoF, but it works. Hope this does well for you. Ilove how nicely everything falls out of focus too.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
 12/02/2007 04:27:25 AM
this is really nice. like the bokeh in composition to the fly.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED
 12/02/2007 12:34:33 AM
I love the creamy softness...great work
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D40
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
 12/01/2007 04:01:11 PM
Depth of focus needs to be centered on the fly so that both his front and back are in focus.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 12/01/2007 01:06:17 PM
He looks like he only has one eye. LOL Great narrow DOF. I hope yours is faring better than mine with a similar depth of field.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 12/01/2007 12:21:29 PM
very nice 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 12/01/2007 02:40:48 AM
Very cool macro. The colors are amazing in this one. Edit to add I peg this to ribbon, or atleast I hope it does
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D
Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
 12/01/2007 12:39:45 AM
Never thought I'd like a fly so much !
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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