Hubert Polacek
Deer fly portrait - Chrysops relictus male 5:1 (2010)
High resolution portrait of Twin-lobed Deerfly (Chrysops relictus, male) which is common in Central Europe.
Quite difficult stack of 398 shots taken with narcotized living fly which moved its antennae several times during 32 minutes of continuous shooting with flash. In addition, the rose petal which was used as background went dry and fell down (out of FOV) after 319th shot. Therefore the antennae are not as tack-sharp and colour-corrected as they were in still conditions, but I tried to retouch the most annoying incongruities.
Taken with Canon 50D camera, Nikon 5x/0.15 EPI (infinity corrected) lens, Hoya +5D close-up filter (serving as 200mm tube lens) and Pentax AF500FTZ flash (with fully recharged AA batteries :) Processed with Zerene Stacker and Corel PP software.
Deer fly portrait - Chrysops relictus male 5:1 (2010)
High resolution portrait of Twin-lobed Deerfly (Chrysops relictus, male) which is common in Central Europe.
Quite difficult stack of 398 shots taken with narcotized living fly which moved its antennae several times during 32 minutes of continuous shooting with flash. In addition, the rose petal which was used as background went dry and fell down (out of FOV) after 319th shot. Therefore the antennae are not as tack-sharp and colour-corrected as they were in still conditions, but I tried to retouch the most annoying incongruities.
Taken with Canon 50D camera, Nikon 5x/0.15 EPI (infinity corrected) lens, Hoya +5D close-up filter (serving as 200mm tube lens) and Pentax AF500FTZ flash (with fully recharged AA batteries :) Processed with Zerene Stacker and Corel PP software.