Looks Like a Fly

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Looks Like a Fly

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Fuji FinePix S7000 @ 6 megs
Macro mode 2
Manual Exposure mode
1/200 sec. @ f/2.8 ISO 200
Morning daylight, overcast
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Love the DOF in this Ken, just right IMHO and nice placement in the frame. Reminds me of a robber fly but the antenna is different M8t. Could be a variety though. You folks have different flies up your way :D . Very nice balanced macro sir Ramos.

All the best Ken, nicely macroed (That should be a word :wink: )

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Thanks Danny :D "Nicely macroed" will suffice I suppose. In the Micro Forums they have "Krebs-like" microphotographs. :lol: Don't know what kind of bug it is Danny, the mountains around here are full of strange stuff. :shock:
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Post by Wim van Egmond »

Hello Ken,

It could be one of these. See the first picture in this gallery.
http://www1.tip.nl/~t936927/gal/1/index.html

I am not sure of the ID is correct. It should be: Trypetoptera punctulata. I should update this page:) So many things to do, so little time.

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Thanks Wim, I did some looking around and it seems I have photographed a series of "Robber Flies," here lately. :D
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Post by rjlittlefield »

Ken, good capture! Crisp on the fly, and that S7000 has great bokeh for the soft backgrounds.

I took a quick trip through my usual refs. I think you might have a "marsh fly" (family Sciomyzidae, perhaps genus Tetanocera, e.g. http://bugguide.net/node/view/18941/bgimage and http://bugguide.net/node/view/7740/bgimage).
Wim van Egmond wrote:See the first picture in this gallery.
http://www1.tip.nl/~t936927/gal/1/index.html
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So many things to do, so little time.
Wim, your gallery is awesome :!: :shock:

Can you crack free enough time to tell us briefly about what equipment you used to make those micro and macro stereo shots?

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Beautiful capture Ken. Nice composition and your background is perfect for this shot.
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Thanks Sue, I looked at Riks link and I suppose it is a "Marsh Fly." (Thanks Rik :wink: ) But I don't even live near a marsh, heck I don't even have a mud puddle in the drive (its asphalt). I was stationed with this guy while in the Navy, his name was Marsh. Had a few flys that hung around him. I guess you could call them "Marsh Flies." :lol:

FYI, I almost bought a 20D this weekend but backed out. Ya still got that lens?
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I have lots of lens..which one?
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That one you had for sale here a while back :roll:
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You talking about the Canon 100-400L IS USM? That is a great lens, but it is more for birds than the bees if you know what I mean. Yea, I never put it up really. I do have an inquiry for it, but I have yet to get back to them. Been busy.
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Oh, o.k. I thought it was a bug lens. I figured if I went ahead and got a lens it would then be necessary then for me to go ahead and get the camera. I keep backing out because I cannot get the camera with a macro lens. I do not want a standard zoom in and out and do this and that lens. I want the body with a good macro lens and I cannot get that. I have to buy one and then the other and so on and so forth and.....I feel like Lilo and Stitch. :lol:
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You might want to look at the Sigma lense too. I would stick to Canon, but that is me, and there is nothing wrong with Sigma. Look for the Canon 100mm Macro 2.8. That is my primary lens for macro. I hear the 180 is good too, but cost a bit more.

Get the camera..it is a great camera and put the lens on your Christmas List for relatives to get for you. :lol:
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Sue said:
Get the camera..it is a great camera and put the lens on your Christmas List for relatives to get for you.
I'd have a better chance of being envolved in a nuclear holocost and surviving :lol: My relatives! ##**!!###!!! Humph!!! :evil: :D
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