morning jewels yellow dung fly

[christopher galeski]

Taken this morning this yellow dung fly sat on a nettle,every now and then it would remove some of the dew off its body,cannon 100mm macro is lens,36mm extension tube,7D,tripod,iso 500,F13,1/13S,small crop,and a touch of sharpening.thanks for looking.

[stuart wanuck]

Well done

[Mitch Haimov]

Lovely image of an unfortunately named species. Soft light and BG work well here. Cool eye. Looks like you missed a dust spot near UR corner. Also may want to try a little noise reduction on the BG to see what you think. Is that a parasite (fungal?) where the abdomen meets the thorax?

[Jonathan Ashton]

Nice shot lovely colours. I would have taken the image at a slightly smaller magnification, this would have provided a little more DOF which is very limited at this size. I think I would also try a tad more sharpening. The early morning start is very worthwhile, the dew drops really enhance the image.

[christopher galeski]

Thanks for looking and comments,Jonathan ,the image I have is sharp,when I have uploaded the image,it does not look as sharp on here?,thanks again.

[Gary Esman]

Sharpness, background, dew, colors, all very very nice. Gary.

[christopher galeski]

Thanks for looking and comments Gary.