Took some fly shots with my new lens... the one with red eyes was alive the other was dead, I don't know how long.
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The Matis is ~2cm long in total, his leg is <5mm
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How did you light your first two fly shots? Looks like you used a big apeture on the red eyes & mantis, but the first two shots have really good depth of field.
That is inspiring, those pesky things really do look quite beautiful.
The colors are amazing - if I had a HQ holden, I'd paint it the green color of that fly in the first pic.
Yup the eye... it's not mine though... it was done by a Bill MacBeth over on dpreview.
This sucker was in my bathroom, just now... didn't get the detail of the front what ever it is... moustache?
The ladybirds love aphids
I have them on some rose bushes, when the aphids go out of control it's followed by lots of ladybirds
Great photos
Don't let the demeanor fool you, he was in that position 1.4 seconds after I got up.
f/4, ISO 100, 27mm focal length. Nothing special, but a whole world different to the old instamatic.