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A hoverfly, resting during a shower of rain.
| Camera: | Canon EOS 350D |
| Lens: | Tamron 90mm  Check out Totally Tamron! |
| Title: | Hoverfly |
| Username: | 
mjsayles |
| Uploaded: | 17 Mar 2007 - 9:55 AM |
| Tags: | Close-up / macro, Fly, General, Hover, Hoverfly, Insect, Macro, Wildlife / nature |
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| Votes: | 42 |
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A really stunning macro with incredibly clear detail throughout!
Andrew
Thanks for the comments folks. The hoverfly (which was in my back garden) was quite docile, I think due to the rain. I had time to nip inside and get my tripod, then come out and set up, with the lens just a few centimetres from it, and it didn't move a muscle.
The background is the hedge at the other side of the garden, about 5 or 6 metres away.
Rather than add to the forum. I think you need to look into processing the image less. It looks like the contrast has been pushed too much and you this has created an over harsh image then you have sharpened it a touch too much. The over white hairs and black pixels in the image show this.
To improve I think you need to have a more uniform light source to avoid the burnt out highlights, and a greater depth of field. This would allow a sharp capture with less processing.
Sorry John
John, thanks for the comments. I may look at re-processing this, because I think I may have 'rushed it' a bit, especially when it comes to brightness & contrast, which I think is more to blame than sharpening.
The light was actually pretty flat - it was taken during a downpour of rain, so it's more likely the quick processing as mentioned above is the problem.
TBH, I don't spend too long processing images for EPZ, because there seems little point investing a lot of time on a 500px image. However, this shot seems to have caused a minor furore, so I think I'll have another crack at it.
Thanks again for the critique!
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