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    Default Syrphid Fly - studio portrait

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    I photographed this grooming Syrphid Fly (aka Flower Fly, Hover Fly) (family Syrphidae) in my lightbox setup. Many of these flies, like this one, are bee mimics. 7D, 100 mm macro, 1/250, f/16, ISO 100, tripod, 2 remotely fired flashes inside lightbox. All comments are welcome and appreciated.

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    Well that's just ridiculously good, Steve. The only (and I do mean ONLY) thing I can find to say about any negative aspect to this one is the end of the rear foot at the front of the frame...it could use a bit more DOF or a little cleaning up of the edges to make it appear more sharp. Seriously, though...wow!

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    I need to do a light box set up. This is very cool with great detail.

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    Cool Bug and nice action captured..with clear eyes. Wish Front foot, sharp. overall ... Great.. image

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    Hey Steve,
    I've been trying to explore these all winter......schedule is making it nuts.....but this one may force me to do it! Great work as usual! I would consider "eliminating" the front foot by the face.

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    There's no surprise here but you've got another winner! I can see where Jules is coming from but I don't mind the edges looking slightly soft.....it feels right with the white BG.

    It looks like I need to design a new enclosed lightbox so I can give a shot at capturing bugs like this one.

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