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The Fly
The Fly
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Challenge: Free Study 2009-08 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D80
Lens: Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f2.8D
Location: Outside my front door.
Date: Aug 17, 2009
Aperture: f/7.1
ISO: 1000
Shutter: 1/80
Date Uploaded: Aug 30, 2009

 Laid down next to this guy--he was slightly injures so he just sat there.
This has been my closet macro shot of a bug to date. Don't know how it'll do in a free study--but probably my best shot of the month.

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Place: 208 out of 414
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Canon PowerShot S3 IS
Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)
 09/09/2009 01:37:25 AM
Shallow DOF is fine by me, and those eyes are very bright!

Since you say he wasn't moving around, you could have tried taking multiple images with different focal planes, and then combining them in post processing to artificially increase the DOF. I've never done it, but it is one if the uses of multiple images specifically allowed under the Advanced Rules.

Still, I think those bright eyes helped get you the extra 3/4 point you scored over my bumblebee. ;-)
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Canon EOS-500D Rebel T1i
Sigma 17-70mm F2.8-4 DC Macro OS HSM
 09/04/2009 02:19:41 AM
Love the shallow dof with focus only on its eyes.
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Nikon Z9
Nikon NIKKOR Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S
 09/01/2009 01:23:13 PM
Wow, bright red eyes.
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Canon EOS R8
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 09/01/2009 12:27:56 PM
Not bad, but needs more DOF in my opinion (at least a part of the wings should be focused)
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