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Large Snipe Fly With Stereo
e6filmuser
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Only days after photographing my first Snipe Fly, I found another on almost the same leaf. I had seen something (a wasp or fly) black and white flying around the Lemon Balm plants and went indoors to collect my camera.
I considered using my Printing Nikkor 105mm but my estimate was that the insect I had seen was too large for the 17mm field of view of that fixed-focus lens. So I used the Kiron 105mm. This was a good decision as, although the intended subject was not to be seen, the fly which was sitting on a leaf was a bit larger still.
With my first Snipe Fly the issue with surrounding leaves was that the flash light was blocked although framing was easy. This time, lighting was not a problem but an adjacent leaf blocked views from the level of the fly.
After taking some shots angled downwards, I decided to risk removing the obstruction. I carefully reached into the foliage and tried to pinch out the stem. The leaf moved aside but not by enough. I decided to risk everything by reaching down, only inches from the fly, to pinch out the top of the shoot. Unbelievably, the fly stayed where it was and I got the shots I wanted. It only flew off when I stood up a bit too quickly.
The EM-1 was in manual mode. The lens was set at f16 and I used twin TTL RC , diffused flash on brackets attached to the setup. Shots were hand-held.
The cross-eye stereo effect is not quite as natural as I would like.
Harold
I considered using my Printing Nikkor 105mm but my estimate was that the insect I had seen was too large for the 17mm field of view of that fixed-focus lens. So I used the Kiron 105mm. This was a good decision as, although the intended subject was not to be seen, the fly which was sitting on a leaf was a bit larger still.
With my first Snipe Fly the issue with surrounding leaves was that the flash light was blocked although framing was easy. This time, lighting was not a problem but an adjacent leaf blocked views from the level of the fly.
After taking some shots angled downwards, I decided to risk removing the obstruction. I carefully reached into the foliage and tried to pinch out the stem. The leaf moved aside but not by enough. I decided to risk everything by reaching down, only inches from the fly, to pinch out the top of the shoot. Unbelievably, the fly stayed where it was and I got the shots I wanted. It only flew off when I stood up a bit too quickly.
The EM-1 was in manual mode. The lens was set at f16 and I used twin TTL RC , diffused flash on brackets attached to the setup. Shots were hand-held.
The cross-eye stereo effect is not quite as natural as I would like.
Harold
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Thanks.
The head-on shots are at f16, so some definition will have been lost, but I accept that to get the DOF.
Harold
Thanks.
Harold
Brian V.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/
http://www.lordv.smugmug.com/
Thanks, Brian.
The auto alignments for the stereo would have cropped off a wing tip so I omitted that stage.
Harold