I love closeup work, especially of insects. There are so many intricate structures on them that we would never othewise see with the naked eye. This one is my favorite. I am not really sure what kind fo fly it is, but it was small, perhaps 4mm long at most. I used a D700 and a 50mm f/1.4 AI Nikkor (reversed) on a Nikon PB-6 bellows. The magnification ratio on the sensor was about 4:1 Depth of field I don't think was more than half a millimeter and I was at around f/11. I photographed it in a home made light tent with a strobe to each side angled downwards at a 45 degree angle. Because flies are such wary creatures, I placed it in a jar in the refrigerator for about 20 minutes to slow it down. You don't have a lot of time to work with them once you take them out of the fridge because they will warm up again and split!
This forum resizes the image considerably. If you want to see it in much larger form, it is in my gallery.
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If anyone is interested, I did a fairly long and in depth article on macrophotography and posted it on my photography website. The URL is http://scottmurphyphotography.org/macrophotography.htm
This forum resizes the image considerably. If you want to see it in much larger form, it is in my gallery.
,If anyone is interested, I did a fairly long and in depth article on macrophotography and posted it on my photography website. The URL is http://scottmurphyphotography.org/macrophotography.htm
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