On 5 Dec 2004 at 13:30, Shel Belinkoff wrote:

> Well, maybe, but a slower shutter speed would have required more DOF, and
> that may not be so good for this photo.

The problem is that these little guys don't just hover they are always on the 
move and they move pretty fast in macro terms. I've shot very similar shots 
with varying success sans flash. The example following was shot with my 
V125/2.5 at 1/640, f8, ISO200:

http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/IMGP3090.jpg

Cheers,


Rob Studdert
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