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Fly on flower bud

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted January 13, 2012214 views8 comments

I believe this is a type of syrphid fly on the bud of a Coreopsis flower. This was an old image that I re-edited as I improved my editing skills.

Canon Rebel T1i. 90mm macro lens. F/2.8 for 1/250 sec. ISO 1250. (Needed to do lots of noise reduction in editing.)

C&C welcomed!

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8 comments

Comment posted by scott lanz on January 13, 2012 at 4:27 PM

Terrific fly photo, Carolyn. The fly has lots of color and detail, and I like the colors overall. The flower bud center is a little bright, but it could just be my contrasty Imac monitor. Thanks for posting. Only 119,995 fly images left!

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Comment posted by Basil Greber on January 13, 2012 at 5:40 PM

The colors, background, subject and composition are stunning. Excellent. However, it does look like it's been sharpened quite heavily, in particluar on the fly body and head. If this is the case, maybe turning down the sharpening a bit is worth a try.

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Comment posted by Eirini Pajak on January 14, 2012 at 8:45 AM

I love these little flies although I have never been able to get such a good shot of one! Did not realize how colorful they are!
Nice image!

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Comment posted by Ellen deBoer on January 14, 2012 at 10:40 AM

Great catch of the colors of this fly species, Carolyn! Nice perch too.

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Comment posted by Hali Sowle on January 14, 2012 at 3:09 PM

These are the coolest of flies, not like all those hairy ones we've been seeing lately

those are great colors in the body and wings and I really like the perch, very different and complimentary.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on January 14, 2012 at 10:19 PM

Hi Carolyn

The color palette on this fly is amazing

Well composed with good detail and BG

Albert Darmo

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Comment posted by Bill Caldwell on January 15, 2012 at 3:34 PM

Beautiful shot--love the comp, colors, and nice soft unobtrusive BG!

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on January 15, 2012 at 10:57 PM

You captured all the iridescent splendor of this little guy. The detail is wonderful. Pretty amazing.

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