Weekly macro thread for 15 to 21 May 2006

Time to kick off another weekly macro thread -boy does time fly!

I was shooting out at Lago de'Averno (a lake in a dormant volcano) and was about to walk back to the car empty handed when this guy buzzed over my head and landed on a vine a few meters away. This time I moved up slowly and didn't spook it -actually got within a few inches of his head!

No cropping (cropping is for people who can't frame ) and minimal post processing (Noise Ninja is the only sharpening that I do). F11, 1/250, ISO 200 plus a 430EX flash with a Lumiquest mini soft box attached. Canon 100mm macro + 12mm extension tube + 1.4TC.

Larger image: http://www.dalantech.smugmug.com/gallery/1173885/8/69155340

Here's one of the closeups (note: Not a crop!):

Larger image: http://www.dalantech.smugmug.com/gallery/1173885/8/69157456

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