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Buzz, buzz, buzz

Posted by Julian Kilsby (Birmingham, United Kingdom) on 15 May 2008 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.

and it's just becuz!!

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Comments (14)

Isaac from Washington,D.c, United States

Now that is close!!!

15 May 2008 5:38am

Jon Leonard from United Kingdom

Very good shot, clear and crisp. I am learning as I go, how did you get such a close up shot? It's Macro shots I am interested in and experimental and unusal ones. Any advise would be greatfully appreciated. On my site there are only a few shots at the moment, as I only have a Nikon S1 but I am learning with a Canon EOS 350 now.

15 May 2008 8:45am

@Jon Leonard: Thank you, this was taken using a Tamron 90mm Macro lens (a superb macro lens). I also added a couple of close-up filters so I could get in really close. Beware though, because of the very close subject-to-camera distance, it's important to use a very small aperture as the depth of field is so short at that range. This will give you a very slow shutter speed so it helps if the subject doesn't move!

Jason Kravitz from Brussels, Belgium

great macro - focus and DoF are perfect

15 May 2008 11:10am

Shahab from Qazvin, Iran

Great macro shot!Absolutely well done!

15 May 2008 1:59pm

Namaki from Bordeaux, France

thank you for all these explanations above... this fly has got very nice eyes !

15 May 2008 2:58pm

bm from Budapest, Hungary

Wow - this is terrific. And your explanation above is really useful. You obviously know your craft!

15 May 2008 3:00pm

zOOm from Paris, France

It's really ugly but your picture is just fantastic, what a close-up !

15 May 2008 6:36pm

Alun Lambert from cheshire, United Kingdom

WOW!!!!! It doesn't come much closer than that, Great image, well done

15 May 2008 7:06pm

Ana Lúcia from Leiria, Portugal

Very impressive. A perfect example about how to use the macro.

15 May 2008 7:07pm

paulski from Muncie, IN, United States

wow. excellent. this is a superb macro. gotta love that tamron; i keep reading great things about it (and seeing great things from it, like this shot...)

15 May 2008 8:23pm

Observing from Chester, United Kingdom

The Fly..! That is awesome. The detail in this macroscopic is great.

15 May 2008 10:53pm

Kelela from Upland, United States

Absolutely awesome. I appreciate the info you shared about your lens, filter and aperture advise. I am learning too! Thanks for the inspiration.

16 May 2008 3:56am

Twelvebit from Victoria, United States

Cool shot, but what I don't get is how you got this little fellow to stay stock still for the 30 seconds indicated by your exif data.

21 May 2008 7:43pm

@Twelvebit: What can I say, he was a very patient fly!!! Actually I found him dead on the window sill and propped him up for the shot!!! My wife wasn't impressed!

Sandrine from Cincinnati, United States

Awesome close up!

24 May 2008 2:25am

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Canon EOS 5D
30 seconds
F/27.0
ISO 100
90 mm