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Published: 2014-05-20 10:49:06 +0000 UTC; Views: 2955; Favourites: 205; Downloads: 0
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A waterdrop on the eye of a firefly...quite poetic, don't you think?Equipment used:
Canon EOS 70D
Sigma MP-E 65mm Macro 1-5x
Speedlite 580 EXII
© Daniel Heydecke
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Comments: 60
This needs to have a DD....like now 
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Why thank you. That is probably the biggest compliment one can get on this site! So thanks!
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no problem at all! It is highly deserved, and do not be surprised if this does in fact get a DD, it is so worth it
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Ah, flattery will get you everywhere.
I don't know about that. I'm just happy that people seem to like it.
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WHAT THE HELL have you taken this photo with?!?!?
I mean, *cough* this is some ENORMOUS magnification.
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I used a special lense with a 5:1 instead of the normal 1:1 magnification.
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Impressive. Focusing must have been tough, and the image is surprisingly clear for that kind of powerful optics.
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das ist der hammer – wunderschön. je mehr man ins detail geht, desto komplexer wird alles.
bei mir ist leider bei 1:1 schluss, habe mir schon mal ein mikroskopobjektiv überlegt,
hast du da erfahrungen damit?
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Ich habe mir erst letzten Monat ein neues Makro-Objektiv geholt. Das Canon 65mm mit einem 5:1 Vergrößerungsmaßstab. Es unterscheidet sich schon deutlich in der Handhabung von "gewöhnlichen" Makro-Objektiven. Vor allem nimmt die Helligkeit drastisch ab wenn man voll auf 5:1 Vergrößerung geht. Dann brauch man einen kräftigen Blitz. Ein Makro-Ringblitz ist im Übrigen dann nutzlos, weil man so nah an das Objekt heran muss, dass das Licht daran vorbeiblitzt. Ist ein ganz schöner Fummelkram und die Libelle muss sich wohl wie im falschen Film gefühlt haben.
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das klingt ziemlich kompliziert, bleib vorerst beim
normalem macro 1:1. da ich ohne blitz fotografiere
brauche ich licht, viel licht
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Danke, das ist sehr freundlich von dir!
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Wonderful and mindblowing! Maybe a commentary on how nature can blind parts of us by definition.
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Stunning macro. Wonderful work! Great idea!
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Amazing macro! But I must know, was the firefly still alive?
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Yes, it was alive before and after taking the shot.
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Wow, that's amazing you were able to get such a close picture!
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Only took a couple of hundred attempts...
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I can't even imagine! 
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It was early in the morning. When it's still cold insects can't move very well and with the morning dew the wings are so wet that they can't fly away anyway.
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I never knew that! Thank you for the tip
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this is pretty much the best macro shot of a firefly i have ever seen. And i have seen alot of macro pics. fantastic job
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Ha, when I found this firefly in the grass, it looked like one of those you probably mean: A firefly-head with countles drops on it. So I tried something different. I wanted to specificly highlight just the eye itself, not the head. Those textures were just too fascinating.
And thanks!
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Well, I live near a marshland and currently there are millions of fireflies. And not just the tiny blue ones, but some really huge ones as well. Their heads alone are as big as a fly.
And I got myself this super-cool new macro-lense with 5:1 magnification. But if you zoom in you loose so much brightness that I had to use an external flash in one hand and the camera in the other.
It was early morning and this huge firefly was sitting on some moor grass. There wasn't any wind either. And the photo is the result of that.
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I see!! That lens give you a great magnification!!
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I swear, a bit more magnification and I could count atoms.
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Aber nein, Mutter Natur hat die Ideen. Ich schlachte sie nur gnadenlos aus...
...die Ideen meine ich jetzt...
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