Yet another fly...

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Yet another fly...

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...but the proboscis presented itself quite nicely (for a change). Shot in APS-C crop mode with a 10x Mitty on a 105mm Pentax (5.25x on sensor). The second image is just a crop from the first with slightly different exposure adjustments.

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That second one is astounding, man.

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Post by Harald »

Great as always Beatsy,
Love the light and tonality of the colors

Details are outstanding

Thanks for sharing :D
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Très très fort ... :shock:

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Post by NikonUser »

Details are outstanding
Not so sure! This fly looks like the type that has distinct grooves on the setae (those stout bristles). I can see some vague grooves on some broken setae.
I am certain there are similar images on MPG that show these grooves clearly - could not find the imaqe(s).
I would have thought a 10x Mitty would be 'sharper'; perhaps reducing it to 5x resulted in lost resolution.
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NikonUser wrote:
Details are outstanding
Not so sure! This fly looks like the type that has distinct grooves on the setae (those stout bristles). I can see some vague grooves on some broken setae.
I am certain there are similar images on MPG that show these grooves clearly - could not find the imaqe(s).
I would have thought a 10x Mitty would be 'sharper'; perhaps reducing it to 5x resulted in lost resolution.
Cropped from the same image...
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Post by NikonUser »

Great, that's what I was expecting to see.
Ignore my earlier comment.
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Post by Pitufo »

Looks pretty sharp to me :)

Very nice work. The detail on the crops is incredible.

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