On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 5:50 AM, Alastair Robertson <[email protected]> wrote: > http://www.pbase.com/kiwibiologist/image/120808718 > > I have been taking fly photos lately for an upcoming web project on > New Zealand flies. This one is from the backyard and features a h > long-legged fly (family Dolichopodidae). These are agile predators > and are very fast. Gave up using pTTL flash since the pre-flash > elicted an escape response and everytime the actual exposure would > record an empty space where the fly was - does anyone know what the > interval is between flashes? > > The wind which has blown unabated for the last week or so made this > even trickier and getting something in focus was a real challenge - > finally managed something reasonable with this one. > > Tech details - K10D, FA100/2.8 F19, 125th, Iso 100, Metz AF58, monopod
~Very~ impressive! Beyond the technical accomplishments, I really enjoy the composition: the stripes of whatever the fly's standing on (looks like woodgrain) really work. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
