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    I lucked on to this guy this afternoon.

    EOS 1DsMKIII
    180mm macro with ring light.

    1/200 second
    f16
    ISO 800

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    Michael,
    (awed silence)...

    What a shot! Nothing to pick on; great framing, lighting, DOF, etc. Makes me really glad these things are only a few inches long. This one looks like it's about to taste your lens.

    Chris

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    Very nice! I think you got more focus on the mouth than the eyes but at f16 it's enough to make it a strong image anyway! If anything, I'd give it just a hair more room at the bottom for that elbow joint to be in the image.

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    Excellent capture Michael.
    Its tack sharp, with excellent color rendition, the placement of your subject in frame is just perfect...good show...:cool:

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    Joanna Trescott
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    Great shot. These are not easy to photograph! I love the BG and you got both its' antennae in the frame!

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    Thanks everyone. When I saw the background through the viewfinder I said "oh wow" out loud :D At this point I'm not sure what the background would look like if it were in focus but it hasn't been altered.
    (boink) my single memory cell just fired. I took that shot almost pointed straight up into the late afternoon / early evening sky.

    It's funny how shooting macro tends to force a person to look at the detail of the shot at a higher level than normal.
    Last edited by Michael Lloyd; 10-06-2008 at 10:55 PM.

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    Hey Michael, very cool pose, love it.

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