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    Face to face with a hoverfly

    Face to face with a hoverfly

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    Re: Face to face with a hoverfly

    Very nice! did you use tubes with your macro lens, or did you crop? In either case, a really excellent capture.

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    Re: Face to face with a hoverfly

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    Very nice! did you use tubes with your macro lens, or did you crop? In either case, a really excellent capture.
    Thanks Dan,

    No tubes, only the 90mm Tamron, hand held and ring flash. However, it is cropped to approximately 10% of the original image area.

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    Re: Face to face with a hoverfly

    No that is what I call a macro shot!

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    Re: Face to face with a hoverfly

    Quote Originally Posted by JohnRostron View Post
    No that is what I call a macro shot!

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    Have to agree it is superb

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    Re: Face to face with a hoverfly

    Nice shot.

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    Re: Face to face with a hoverfly

    Captured some excellent detail Bill.

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    Re: Face to face with a hoverfly

    Obviously I haven't gotten close to my Tamron 90's potential.Well done. Hand held?

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    Re: Face to face with a hoverfly

    Quote Originally Posted by JBW View Post
    Obviously I haven't gotten close to my Tamron 90's potential.Well done. Hand held?
    Thanks Brian. Yep, hand held is more or less obligatory with these as they tend to flit around, and it's a case of catch them while you can.

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