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Published: 2004-09-11 09:11:05 +0000 UTC; Views: 12560; Favourites: 100; Downloads: 1462
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full frame, magnification 4.5:1
location: kitchen door
f/11 could even have been a bit too much already, but i guess the detail is ok for this magnification
reversed lens macro setup and macro flash tube
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I am very new to photography, but I thought that a higher aperture( 11 is high compared to 2.8) created a higher Depth of Focus? It seems this picture contradicts that...
Amazing picture! I really like the DOF, and it is weel focused around the eyes.
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it doesn't contradict, it's just the macro magnification that makes the difference
the closer you get, the narrower the dof will be
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^^ it's amazing how you got the fly to keep still for the pic!
I love this pic! for a fly, it's so cute!
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Very well done.
I tried this long time ago and this came out:
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very hard to do it...
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Gorgeous shot of a drosophilia. I wish I had a proper macro set-up!! It's always a sense of satisfaction to get a fly before they do what they do best- fly away. These guys are tiny too.
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hahaha!it's a drosophilia!
we use them in class for studying/crossing their genes...^^ you got REAAAALY close there!
like it!!
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jesus christ im in shock! i wish i knew as much about macro shots and lens' as you! damn child! great shot. love it.
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Great macro shot, the setup you used is a little bit to technical for me, but you realy know what you are doing.
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I don't believe it O_O
so perfect... so excstatic... can i have one of thise,too ? ^_^
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thats so cool, i thought fruitflies were black!! amazing quality!
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how do you manage to get a white background?
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just luck, it was sitting on my white kitchen door
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great macro, great "go" super,,,,pleas visit my macro photos!
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GENIOUS! very profesionnal and good focus. It looks like a photo studio. Das ist sehr schΓΆn.
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This has been a fav for a while. However, I just noticed that I had never left a comment.
I just thought I would let you know that whenever I am describing macro photography to someone, I show them this picture.
Macro photography at its best.
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wow, thanks!
it's one of my favourites too, although i know a few things more about macro than i did back then
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wow! beautiful colorssss!!!
is the fly really like that?
i totally love the eyes!!
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yeah, it's really like that
i also like the color of the eyes
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yeah! and the detaill!!
look at all those bumps in the eye like mini squares! so cool!
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Oh my fucken godness i didn't know that i kill so beautiful and perfect being everytime! ._. beautiful shot ^^
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It blows my brain out. Wonderful work. Is that a crop or full image? The DOF is a bit too small, though (yeah, i know how hard that is on macro shots).
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thanks!
it's cropped from 3:2 to 3:4, but i consider this full frame
the dof is not only hard, in this case it's impossible to increase without sacrificing lots of overall detail due to diffraction blur
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DAMN !.. That's an EVIL thing man 
Look at those eyes
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your macro photography is just plain amazing!
on a side note, i left a sack of oranges start to rot on my kitchen floor, and during last weekends cleaning i moved it and now i have about a million of these little buggers flying all around. i hate them.
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One of the best macros I have ever seen.
Actually i'm not a big fan of bugs and kinda hate them, but this one is incredibly beautiful.
The shot is near to perfection at least in my humble and inexpert opinion
Congratulations!
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This is one of the coolest photos I've seen in ages. I mean, macro photography has always been impressive when properly executed, but the detail in this really blows me away. And, intentional or no, the blur adds a nice diffusive contrast to the more focused head of the fly (which is the important part, anyways 
This really is remarkably well done. Keep up the good work!
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The fly looks amazing! I've seen one before. Are you a professional photographer?
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this is awesome.. now i definitely want a macro lens
i like macro photo's
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.. but i will within a few months
i've seen your whole lens construction... it's quite impressive!!!
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Sweet. Transparent flies. It's like a caramel colored gel-button with.. hairs? The shadows almost seem a little too heavy.. and probably because of the blurring. I think that would have been resolved if you had taken more shots with different areas of focus. Good stuff.
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Very well done. I love the blown out background. Really makes the fly stand out that much more. The DOF is nice too... Even though its extremely tiny, the shallow DOF makes it look just 'that much' bigger. Great work
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Excellent macro shot! I like it as is, but if you want to get more in focus, try F22 One of these days when I'm rolling in the money (like that is ever going to happen LOL) I need to get a set up like you have.
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"if you want to get more in focus, try F22"
umm, thanks, i know what the aperture does
and especially what it does if you use f/22 with high magnifications, which is major diffraction blur
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