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Here's a pic of a fly I saw sitting on my grandma's car - surprisingly, he posed for me

the fly.
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Old 04-08-2008, 01:47 AM
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Very nice! I like the plain and simple background.
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Hehe, I like it! That's something like I would take a picture of! Imagine landing on Grandma's clean car!
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Great shot! My grandmother would have made a "Fly-swatter" shaped dent, in her hood.
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Nice.
I love the choice of focal point... the sharpness of the eyes... and the blur of the tips of the wings... and the far front foot...
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nice close up. I am surprised the fly sat that long. Now if you wanted to kill it, it would have flown away. lol
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yea these things are hard to shoot especially if you want to frame it up they sit still for like maybe a second or 2 and by the time you focus and frame up the shot they are gone i remember sitting and watching a place where i saw a bunch of them landing over and over and just kept waiting for one to come in frame so i could focus and snap the shot

so good work capturing one
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Works well against the white background....nice one!
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Good catch. Love the simplicity.
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I love the contrast between the fly and the background. It draws your eye to the fly automatically.
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