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Small wonders No 2

The Red-tailed and White-tailed Bumblebees weren't playing ball during my break for lunch today, so I turned the lens on this fly (Polietes lardarius). The compound eyes show well in the second shot.

Canon 1Ds MkII, Canon 100mm L-series prime macro lens, 1/500th sec, f/5, ISO 400

Canon 1Ds MkII, Canon 100mm L-series prime macro lens, 1/320th sec, f/5, ISO 400



2 comments:

  1. That made me shiver - I really don't like them.

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  2. So ugly it's beautiful. Technical excellence, photography doesn't get any better than that.

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