Fly

[RobFellows]

Plenty of flies around thanks to my tomato plants

[Shadowman]

Nice series.

[Wavelength]

Nice; but not that sharp

[bnnrcn]

Hi Rob I like #1 as the fly looks sharper and the composition is plainer.

[IzzieK]

These are the shiny ones, do they bite? Some flies are quite nasty...and there is plentiful of them in Oz...in summer especially.

[Dave Humphries]

Hi Rob,

If I had shot these, I would crop all slightly differently;

#1 Lose 15% (of image width) from left hand side, perhaps also a little from right hand side. I'd still keep a 'frame' formed by the verticals on either side, but much less of it. May be even take a slither off the top edge too. Also suggest tone down what remains of highlight on left.

#2 Lose 15% (of image width) from left hand side, perhaps also a slither from the right hand side. Plus some off lower edge.

#3 Lose 10% off left hand edge, a slither from top edge and some off the right hand side. Clone remove the most left hand bit of leaf on top edge, so there's nothing further left than berries.


I cannot see any useful camera EXIF data, so I don't know what aperture you used, if you could squeeze a bit more Depth of Field, it would help. Although focus is good on all - in fact the technicals are good on all, hence mostly restricting myself to cropping suggestions.

Hope those thoughts are constructive, Dave

PS Izzie - they look like 'standard' house flies to me, which in UK wouldn't bite, but in Perth (Aus) - well who knows

[RobFellows]

Thanks Dave, I have also tried to sharpen them up a bit more after conversion to JPEG. I'm not really sure it made any difference though.

[Dave Humphries]

Thanks Dave, I have also tried to sharpen them up a bit more after conversion to JPEG. I'm not really sure it made any difference though.

Yes, I see a difference when viewed in LyteBox and after hitting "F" key (to make them 1:1).

I wouldn't have mentioned DoF if they'd been like this originally.

You've probably cropped tighter than I had suggested, for (my) fear the image wouldn't stand it, but they certainly can.

For example, in the first shot, at 1:1 with my screen pixels, I see blur and moire patterns on the eye, whereas now - I see the facets.

Great work, Dave