took this image yesterday,there was a bit of a breeze now and again,so had to wait while calm,was not easy,it would go calm,just about to take the image,then it would blow again.comments good or bad welcome.cannon7d,cannon 100mm f/2.8 L is,1/160s,f/9.0,iso800,-03ev,tripod,dungfly is on a thistle.thanks.
Last edited by christopher galeski; 07-13-2011 at 08:23 AM.
Hey Christopher,
In the ideal world I would wish that the thistle wasn't behind the back of the fly. I might also tone down the brightest part of the thistle a few points that the one leg is on ....on the RH side......but as we all know in macro......not always the easiest when in the field. Excellent sharpness and light and the BG is excellent too! All in all an excleent image and worth your efforts.
If I could remove one thing it would be the very front thistle bud. But as Roman mentioned not always the easiest to do in the field.
The wind was handled very well as well.
Hi Christopher. I can appreciate your struggles with the wind - it seems to always blow at the worst possible time. I hope to see one of these cool flies someday! You have good exposure and background plus very nice sharpness within your DOF. I also like the natural light. I would agree with the comments about both the front and rear thistle buds and the red/purple just in front of the fly's forehead is a little distracting. All in all, this is well done.
Well done in windy conditions, windy days lately here also and not a pleasure to struggle with the wind. Agree about toning down the bright thistle. Interesting fly, nice colors and very good BG.
Agree too! nice shot, I find the thistle just a little over powering. the fly seems in focus but to me it seems as though it meeds just a little more sharpening, I get the impression it is actually crisper than it appears on my monitor.