Sammy Riding The Devil's Horn

[Gus Cobos]

Sammy is being a bad boy; going up and down on the Devil’s horn. Sammy was painted with a Nikon D200, using a Nikkor 200mm f/4D macro lens with a 36mm extension tube.

Image solution: focal length @ 200mm / exposure mode @ aperture priority / metering mode @ in camera matrix metering / ISO @ 320 / white balance @ cloudy / 1/250sec. - f/8 / AF-mode @ manual / color space @ sRGB / lighting solution - no speedlight - ambient lighting / exposure comp @ +1.7EV / tone comp @ +2 degree / hue adjustment @ +2 degree / saturation factor @ +3 degrees / support platform - monopod /

Comments greatly appreciated...:cool:

[Alfred Forns]

Really like this one Gus !! Just perfect for me Brutally good !!!

[Julie Kenward]

Gus, you crack me up! Excellent image! You nailed the reds!

[Richard Waas]

Gus, I don't know how you do it, but the detail work is incredible, time after time.

[Katie Rupp]

Gus, this is great! brings a smile and so much detail.

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Bad little Sammy ... wonderful my friend!!
Regards,
Nicki

[Jackie Schuknecht]

What to say..........another beauty. Perhaps one day you would share one of your photo techniques with us ET learners:)

[Harold Davis]

What to say..........another beauty. Perhaps one day you would share one of your photo techniques with us ET learners:)

jackie, i think i know gus fairly well. it's all luck!!!:D:D he really has no clue what he is doing, he just gets lucky everyday!!!:D (i'm gonna be in trouble for this!!:o)

gus, this is really cool! and you crack me up too with your story about sammy! love the detail in the fly. who knew you could make a common housefly look artful!!?

[Oscar Zangroniz]

Some of your best work my friend. I'm with Jackie, waiting for your help in these images.
Did you forget out conversation Saturday?
Congrats,

[Amy DeStefanis]

Sammy???? You're naming flies now.... ok. I did go to a flea circus once when I was in Germany.... I don't know if they named their fleas - but I guarantee they didn't have any as handsome as Sammy.

Great image and imagination.

Amy D.