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<blockquote data-quote="STM" data-source="post: 153347" data-attributes="member: 12827">Thanks all! I have to admit this was a very &quot;staged&quot; setup. This was a very small fly, much smaller than the common housefly. I caught it flying around the house one day, I haven't a clue what kind of fly it is. They are all flies to me. As one might expect, these little rascals don't stand still for photographs under natural conditions. What I did was place this it in a bottle and place it in the refrigerator (NOT freezer, that will kill it) for about 20 minutes. This slowed it down considerably so I could &quot;pose&quot; it on a leaf in the light tent. Time is of the essence with something like this. I had to have the shot all set up beforehand. Once the fly started warming back up it got active and decided this gig was not its bag and eventually it flew off.If anyone is interested, I have a somewhat lengthy article on my website about the ins and outs of macrophotography. It is kind of like macrophotography 101 and 201 combined. It talks a lot about equipment, but also has some informaton about lighting, exposure, magnificaiton ratios, etc. The URL is <a href="http://scottmurphyphotography.org/macrophotography.htm" target="_blank">Venturing Into the Exciting World of Macrophotography</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="STM, post: 153347, member: 12827"] Thanks all! I have to admit this was a very "staged" setup. This was a [I]very[/I] small fly, much smaller than the common housefly. I caught it flying around the house one day, I haven't a clue what kind of fly it is. They are all flies to me. As one might expect, these little rascals don't stand still for photographs under natural conditions. What I did was place this it in a bottle and place it in the [I]refrigerator [/I](NOT freezer, that will kill it) for about 20 minutes. This slowed it down considerably so I could "pose" it on a leaf in the light tent. Time is of the essence with something like this. I had to have the shot all set up beforehand. Once the fly started warming back up it got active and decided this gig was not its bag and eventually it flew off. If anyone is interested, I have a somewhat lengthy article on my website about the ins and outs of macrophotography. It is kind of like macrophotography 101 and 201 combined. It talks a lot about equipment, but also has some informaton about lighting, exposure, magnificaiton ratios, etc. The URL is [URL="http://scottmurphyphotography.org/macrophotography.htm"]Venturing Into the Exciting World of Macrophotography[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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