snorkie128
Eye to Eye...to Eye...to Eye
Day 311 of 365
"Eye to Eye...to Eye.....to Eye....to Eye...."
Yes, I may have used my macro extension tube for this portrait. The initial concept for today's image was to freeze our young subject with a blast of canned air. If inverted, canned air becomes a freezer-in-a-can. Good times!!! Unfortunately, once frozen, our Musca domestica was unrecognizable. So, I went with the thawed version today. We used three strobes for this one. There is a softbox at camera-right, one at camera-left, and a ringflash on top of the camera. I really wanted to make sure to light all the intricate parts of the diptera's visage. Who knew there were so many parts to the face of a cyclorrhapha?!!! I attempted to focus stack several layers of our friend, but even the computer could not tell where on whisker stopped, and another began. Therefore, I only used two layers. The second one only defined the outer edge of the eyeballs. I have no idea why people are so disgusted by these things!! Thanks for flying by!!
#fly #housefly #disgusting #proboscis #insect #macrophotography #macro #closeup #canon5dmarkIII #canon100macro #paulcbuffeinstein #paulcbuffinc #rayflash #ringflash #pocketwizard #canon
Eye to Eye...to Eye...to Eye
Day 311 of 365
"Eye to Eye...to Eye.....to Eye....to Eye...."
Yes, I may have used my macro extension tube for this portrait. The initial concept for today's image was to freeze our young subject with a blast of canned air. If inverted, canned air becomes a freezer-in-a-can. Good times!!! Unfortunately, once frozen, our Musca domestica was unrecognizable. So, I went with the thawed version today. We used three strobes for this one. There is a softbox at camera-right, one at camera-left, and a ringflash on top of the camera. I really wanted to make sure to light all the intricate parts of the diptera's visage. Who knew there were so many parts to the face of a cyclorrhapha?!!! I attempted to focus stack several layers of our friend, but even the computer could not tell where on whisker stopped, and another began. Therefore, I only used two layers. The second one only defined the outer edge of the eyeballs. I have no idea why people are so disgusted by these things!! Thanks for flying by!!
#fly #housefly #disgusting #proboscis #insect #macrophotography #macro #closeup #canon5dmarkIII #canon100macro #paulcbuffeinstein #paulcbuffinc #rayflash #ringflash #pocketwizard #canon