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Hoverfly (in flight)

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Pure stroke of luck job - apart from being in the right place, right time etc :)

Was just trying out a different flash setup/diffuser etc and decided to attempt a pic of this individual after it'd just taken off but was relatively still.

Canon 10d + 100mm macro (non usm)
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1/200, F11
HHeld
1600x1200 crop (rotated as per inset)

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Impressive

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Handheld inflight with a millimeter worth of depth of field would not seem to be a high percentage shot but you really made it work. Beautiful!
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You don't know how many times I have tried to do this! Great capture, wonderful! :o
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Thx for the comments, guys - but as I said ... luck :)

<< You don't know how many times I have tried to do this! >>
Think we've probably all travelled down that partic. road at some time or other, Ken ...

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Post by beetleman »

WOW....mid-air photos are always amazing. Excellent capture Paul :smt023
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Post by rjlittlefield »

I really like the post-processing on this too. Isolating the fly and rotating him into the apparently more head-on orientation makes a world of difference. Very nicely done!

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Post by puzzledpaul »

Thx, Doug, Rik - re the post work - I was only doing what I think everyone here tries to do ... get rid of unwanted junk and fill the frame with what you really want in it :)

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Good, good, good!
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