Macro photography – Green Fly

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By Simon Hawketts ·

House fly

We are on our way to Durham in the north of England for a holiday and stopped off at my Mother-in-laws house in Loughborough. I had a walk round in the garden and found a Golden Rod bush covered in green flies having a wonderful time flitting about the bush. I got my Pentax K-5 and Tamron 90mm Macro and took a few pictures, this one being the best.

Unfortunately I hadn't realised that my wife had borrowed the camera and left it in jpeg mode, so I broke one of my golden rules by not shooting in raw. Still, the JPEG took a bit of contrast boost and cropping to create quite a nice image.

  • Pentax K-5
  • Tamron 90mm f/2.8
  • f/9.0
  • 1/60th sec
  • ISO400

Comments (5)

  1. Pat
    Great macro.
  2. Bernie Kasper
    Great shot !!

    Comments (1)

    1. Simon Hawketts
      Thank you
  3. elvishendrix
    Nice Photos dude! I've got a lot to learn http://halfthew0rldaway.wordpress.com/2013/09/23/close-up-macro-photography-and-camera-equipment/

    Comments (1)

    1. Simon Hawketts
      Thanks