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    I've tried for many years to master the art of catching the flies in the air.
    Finally I succeeded somewhat and the key was to learn their behavior and to foresee their moves.

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    Thomas, excellent capture of a very difficult subject, well focussed and good dof
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    Very nice......I know it's very difficult.

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    Julie Kenward
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    Nicely done, Thomas. That fly is about as sharp and clear as you could want it to be in flight! I do think there's something going on in the BG - either noice or posterization - or maybe jpeg compression...not sure.

    I'd see if you could smooth it out a bit so it looked as great as your insect does!

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    Very good capture of this very hard subject. Color is good; sharpness is great. I like the hint of the wings showing.

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    Wonderful close up and capture Thomas!!!

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    Thanks for the comments.I think the compression makes the BG look noisy.In TIFF
    all looks fine to me.
    Thomas Herou

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    Thomas,

    Excellent shot, its such a different perspective. Given the situation the DOF and focus are very nice.

    In a perfect world where you control everything a few millimeters of extra DOF would be nice just beyond the eye.

    This is definitely something I need to try, thanks for the inspiration!

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    Hi Thomas, a technically difficult shot to get and you did super job, you have excellent advice above, the detail is very good, wonder what your shutter speed was? I might have rotated the shot left or right just to add a bit of drama.

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    Thanks!
    About rotating the picture,I don't know.In real life they're almost all the time horisontal.
    But I have other pictures from different angles which are more intresting.I'll probably post
    some of them here.
    Thomas Herou

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