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02-MAY-2006

Dandelion with trapped fly

After my unsuccessful attempts to photograph some insects yesterday (and again early this morning) I thought I would try some macro of something that doesn't move so fast...

But then I found that the Dandelion seed head I was photographing had a fly trapped inside it, so with some careful aperture setting for shallow DOF (and a lot of luck) I managed to focus (approximately enough) through the seeds on the fly within.


This is the shot I wanted to get - and in this you can make out the trapped fly.

Nikon D2x ,Tamron SP AF 180mm f/3.5 Di Macro
1/250s f/4.5 at 180.0mm iso200 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto
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