GWZ Loc: Bloomington, IN

A short while ago I posted a picture of a Robber Fly on a fence post. (See the first image below.)

A few days ago I was in the same location and a Robber Fly (not sure if it was the same one or a different on) landed on another nearby post. This time it was looking straight at me, so I popped off a short burst, hoping to catch a different view. I looked at it on the LCD screen on the camera and did not see anything unique or special in the shot. It was just another image of this bug from a different angle ... until I got home and looked at it on my computer monitor. (Hint - look between the front legs.)

Best in download.

Gary

Robber Fly

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Robber Fly caught mugging

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rwilson1942 Loc: Houston, TX

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

Excellent images, Gary.

DOOK Loc: Maclean, Australia

Excellent shots, Gary.

Sylvias Loc: North Yorkshire England

Excellent set Gary.

Dixiegirl Loc: Alabama gulf coast

Fantastic shots, Gary!!

rlaugh Loc: Michigan & Florida

Excellent shots!!

nimbushopper Loc: Tampa, FL

Outstanding! How did you get such great DOF?

GWZ Loc: Bloomington, IN

Thank you all for looking and enjoying.

Nimbus - based on using two DoF calculators, the DoF in each image was 0.02 feet. My math might be off, but I calculate this to be about 1/8". This is most visible by looking at the dark fence post under the fly.

This is based on the following data - Olympus EM-1 II, 40-150mm f/2.8 zoom with 1.4 teleconverter - this is a 210mm FF equivalent, shot at f/8 (bright sunlight), from about 4 feet distance.

There are two factors I would attribute the Dof/sharpness in these images to. First, it was pretty bright sunshine which helps define edges and hairs better. Second, luck. Knowing I was working with razor thin Dof , and being that both of these images were handheld, I shot in 10-shot bursts. I had about 30 - 40 images of each picture and selected the best, then did just a bit of PP to sharpen up a bit. In each case I was the variable since the post on which the fly was sitting would not move in the breeze.

Hope this helps.

Carlo Loc: Maryland, NW.Chesapeake Bay

nimbushopper Loc: Tampa, FL

Very good!

suci Loc: Texas

Superb shots.

CathyAnn Loc: Apache Junction, AZ

Wonderful shots!