Jealous of Gouramis by Eric Delmar

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04-MAY-2006

Nikon D70
1/200s f/16.0 at 105.0mm iso400 with Flash full exif

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Guest		17-Oct-2006 11:06
Amazing macro shot, well done Iannis

Eric Delmar		17-Oct-2006 01:07
I've had some questions regarding this shot...here's how it was done: I caught a large housefly and placed it in Tupperware, and put that in the 'fridge. While the bug was chilling, I set up a temp studio with two flashes, one with a large diffuser, and the other with a red gel. I positioned the main light (diffuser) at around 12-o'clock, and the red gel flash was placed below an elevated sheet of glass, off to the side. After about 20 minutes, the fly was properly slowed down, and I took it out and placed it on the elevated glass, with the one flash above and one below. I managed to bang off a few shots before it flew away. I used a 105 Sigma macro lens with 56mm of extension tubes. It was a lot of fun to shoot, and became the anchor shot of this series. Gotta love photography. Eric

Guest		15-Oct-2006 18:13
You got the craziest stories. Thanks!

Christina Craft		14-Oct-2006 15:39
Frigging incredible!!!!!!!! Did you use a flash? Just amazing.

carol j. phipps		28-Sep-2006 02:07
Amazing. GMV

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