Let's look at my flies.......

[British Red]

This guy is all dressed up....with no-where to go! Shame really - the rest of the insect world seems to be feeling the "sap rising" today

See what I mean?

And again.....

Amazing number of damsel flies out today ....I'll put more inanother thread

Red

 

[SimonM]

Perve!

As always, awsome pictures!

Simon

 

[stevesteve]

Fantastic!

Cheers,
Steve

 

[Milo]

Love the pics, what lens and camera ?

 

[Shewie]

Cracking pics again Red

 

[British Red]

Canon Eos 400D with a 60mm macro (top 2 shots) and a Sigma 135-400 zoom (bottom shot)

Red

 

[Mikey P]

OMG. Invertebrate porn!

 

[Milo]

Nice I use a Nikon D300 but can never get the colours so vivid, are they photoshopped or as taken ? I've been trying Macro for a whilst and its soooo difficult to get the whole insect in focus at once like you have in those shots. Any tips ?

 

[zorro]

I like your flies.

 

[British Red]

Nice I use a Nikon D300 but can never get the colours so vivid, are they photoshopped or as taken ? I've been trying Macro for a whilst and its soooo difficult to get the whole insect in focus at once like you have in those shots. Any tips ?

I think I increased the saturation in the top one. For the depth of field, its tricky tbh. You need to be in Aperture priority mode on a tripod. You can adjust depth of field by varying the "f stop" setting. Smaller apertures (high f stop numbers) give more depth of field but require longer exposure - hence the need of the tripod. Hope that helps a bit

 

[brancho]

Cracking shots Red.