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Fly in green

A dense "forest" of cow-parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris) creates this green atmosphere.

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monikaMM 4 years ago

wow, helt otroligt vilken macro... :-)

Ursula I Abresch 4 years ago

He, he, lovely fly on green, almost glows!

Johan Lind I appreciate your comment - Thanks Ursula =)

The "glow" is mostly caused by having a flash some 30 cm sideways from the camera. When the light from the flash then passes through the leaves it gets all greenish and "glowy".

Ursula I Abresch Ahhh, you mean like a flash on a bracket or something like that, or detached? How do you manage to not overpower a scene like this with a flash - do you point it at the scene or onto a reflector, or how?

Johan Lind Yep, homemade reflector solves it! Nice and gentle light. There's lots of DIY inspiration out there =)

Ursula I Abresch All right! Thank you. Now ... how do you keep the fly still? (PS, that's not a fly, is it? It looks sort of like a mosquito).

Johan Lind I talk gently to it =))

Ursula I Abresch Aha, thanks! Talk gently, use a reflector. Sounds like a plan :) Thanks again!