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Artwork: #153 of 933 by Juergen Roth

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Tags: fly photographs, flie photographs, flies photographs, insect photographs, insects photographs, fly canvas prints, flie canvas prints, flies canvas prints, insect canvas prints, insects canvas prints

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Brookline, MA - United States

Thanks Nadine and Bob ... very much appreciate the shoutout on twitter!

Cottonwood, AZ - United States

F, V, Tweeted to over 21,000 of our followers...

Brookline, MA - United States

You rock Randy. Thanks so much for your wonderful comment on my fly macro photography image ... glad you like this insect image!

Iola, WI - United States

Juergen, this is the absolute best macro shot of a flying insect I have ever had the pleasure to view. Astounding! Superb details and color! fave and vote

Brookline, MA - United States

Thanks so much for commenting on my Green Bottle Fly macro photography James ... glad you like this pic!

Longmont, CO - United States

Incredible!

Brookline, MA - United States

Thanks a ton everybody for commenting and featuring my latest macro photography image ... very much appreciate the positive feedback. This fly was very accessible and gave me a few minutes to set up tripod and move in closer and closer one shot at a time. I wrote about the shoot, camera settings and circumstances in my nature photography blog >>> http://blog.juergenrothphotography.com/2012/08/the-balance-of-life.html

Rego Park, NY - United States

JUERGEN, I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THIS FLY LOOKS LIKE! IT'S WHAT I HAD TO FEED MY MANTISES HAS THEY GREW TO THEIR ADULT STAGE BEFORE I PHOTOGRAPHED THEM! IT IS UNBELIEVABLE THE DETAIL IN THIS IMAGE YOU CAPTURED! HOW DID YOU GET THAT CLOSE TO TAKE THIS GREAT SHOT WITHOUT THE FLY, FLYING AWAY! YOUR'E TIMING WAS GREAT! THEY ARE PRETTY QUICK AND DON'T STAY AROUND THAT LONG! THIS IS THE FIRST FLY I HAVE EVER SEEN TAKING SO MUCH OF THE FRAME CAPTURED WITH SO MUCH DETAIL, UNLESS YOU CROPPED IT! EITHER WAY IT'S A PHOTOGRAPH THAT SHOUL BE IN THE "NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE" AND POSTCARDS AROUND THE WORLD! IT DOESN'T GET ANY CLOSER THEN THIS! BEAUTIFULLY TAKEN!, LES (F/V)

Lutz, FL - United States

Wow. What a beauty!

Maui, Ha - United States

╰⊰✿ . •.¸☆ ☆¸.• Featured: :: D I M E N S I O N S :: •.¸☆ ☆¸.• . ✿⊱╮ . . . . . http://fineartamerica.com/groups/dimensions.html

Union Dale, PA - United States

Hi Juergen, I can't believe I'm F, V, & L for a fly {SMILE} It is a GREAT photograph! ... Elaine

Orange Park, FL - United States

Terrific macro! v

Port Huron, MI - United States

Gorgeous!!

King, NC - United States

What an awesome Macro!! V/F!! Stacey Hall

Daytona Beach, FL - United States

Wowser macro Juergen!!! f/v

Colorado Springs, CO - United States

Awesome Macro!!!

Norwich, No - United Kingdom

w0w! brilliant macro shot Juergen & a 5 ***** fave ;~} Valz

Los Angeles, CA - United States

Fantastic macro Juergen......couldn't help but think of the movie "The Fly"!!!!

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Green Bottle Fly macro photography image on purple cone flower. During one of my last visits to the Mass Audubon Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Center and Wildlife Sanctuary this summer I came across a green bottle fly. It was amazing how long the fly was sitting still on a coneflower and it turned out to be a macro photographer’s dream come true. The few intimate minutes allowed me to get a glimpse of its life and most important it allowed me to set up my tripod and explore different exposures, perspectives and compositions. At first the fly was facing sideways which allowed me to capture its full torso while Balancing Life between to coneflower petals (aperture f/11, exposure time 1/5 seconds). While carefully moving closer the green bottle fly hopped over onto a single flower petal and looked straight on into my camera. Aware of the potential unfolding in front of me I manually focused on its head and eyes. The large aperture setting (small f-stop) provided a faster shutter speed for higher quality, less blurry pictures, and also supported limited Depth of Field that solely glues the viewer to the head and eyes of the fly. The beautiful metallic colors of the fly combined with the fabulous colors of the blooming coneflower produced a beautiful balanced nature Macro Photography picture as found in the wild. Still at ISO200, lowering the aperture to f/5.6 resulted in a slightly faster shutter speed of 1/20 seconds. I purposely underexposed by 1/3 of a stop to boost and saturate colors. Dust spots removal, minimal contrast, lighting and color saturation adjustments were made during post processing before sharpening the final images of the flies.

From Wikipedia: The common green bottle fly (biological name Phaenicia sericata or Lucilia sericata) is a blow-fly found in most areas of the world, and the most well-known of the numerous green bottle fly species. It is 10�14 mm long, slightly larger than a housefly, and has brilliant, metallic, blue-green or golden coloration with black markings. It has short, sparse black bristles (setae) and three cross-grooves on the thorax. The wings are clear with light brown veins, and the legs and antennae are black. The maggots (larvae) of the fly are used for maggot therapy.

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