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    Default Dung-Fly

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    Not a pleasant name,but that's to expect because they lay their eggs in cowchip.

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    Nice one, Thomas! I bet Al's going to be jealous of this one! I love the golden color against the cool greens. I also really love the way we can see the tips of the two leaves and then they melt away into the blur...nice!

    Compositionally, I think you could trim a little off the top, moving the fly closer to the ULC (maybe half the distance from the wing to the top edge of the frame.)

    Beautiful work. I don't think a dung fly ever looked so good!

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    I really like the diagonal composition and the way the fly's colors work with the colors of the leaf. And as far as their dung-related habits - it's really a very good thing that various insects work to help decompose dung.

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    Thomas I really like the way the fly's head and front part of its thorax is in focus and the rest of it runs smoothly into the OOF BG.

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    Thanks for the comments.
    And Julie,I think your suggestion about the comp is right.
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    Hi Thomas, A very nice looking Fly you have here and a nice BG to put him against, I like the suggestion on the crop also.
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    lovely colours, comp and DOF here. amazing how much detail the eye misses...
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    Thanks,Don and Morkel.
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    You are right Jules .... I'm drooling I sure do look up to Thomas for inspiration !!!!

    Fly looks just great and particularly like the setting The two colors just take it over for me !!! Big Congrats !!!!

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    Like the golden colours on your fly Thomas, and the nice and simple composition. Tack sharp too.

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    Thanks,Al & Jackie!
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