Snipe Fly up close and personal

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STM

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I took this image of a snipe fly using my favorite macro setup; a PB-6 bellows and 50mm f/1.4 AIS mounted reversed. They are not the most colorful of flies, but they sure are furry! This fly was only about 5mm long. The magnificaition on the D700 sensor was about 3x and the depth of field I am sure was less than a millimeter, in spite of using an f/16 working aperture. Effective apertue, which takes bellows extension into account, was in excess of f/22 so I needed a lot of light in the light tent.

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John Young said:
Crikey !! that is close, must have taken some patience to get that photo
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I slowed it down considerably by placing it in a jar and putting it in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes. As he started warming up, he got more active and eventually flew away!
 
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STM said:
I slowed it down considerably by placing it in a jar and putting it in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes. As he started warming up, he got more active and eventually flew away!
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I had heard that people did that but I was not sure if its was some kind of joke... does that really work ! Obviously it does... Brilliant
 
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John Young said:
I had heard that people did that but I was not sure if its was some kind of joke... does that really work ! Obviously it does... Brilliant
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The key is not to leave them in there too long or you can kill them. It should only be used for insects, nothing higher.
 
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