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BG1502 D0007 - Chrysops vittatus - female
Copyright © 2008 Gayle and Jeanell Strickland

BG1502 D0007 - Chrysops vittatus - Female
Gloster, Gloster Arboretum, Amite County, Mississippi, USA
June 29, 2007
Size: body length 9.4 mm.

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Contributed by Gayle and Jeanell Strickland on 1 February, 2008 - 9:25pm
Last updated 2 February, 2008 - 6:49am

nice
Great photo.
What kind of lens did you use?
… Darcy Ashton, 2 February, 2008 - 6:40pm

 
Thanks for the kind words
The lens was a Canon 100 mm. f2.8 macro lens. The photo was cropped from the central 1/4 of the original.
The key to the appearance of the image is more related to the lighting rather than the lens. All of our photos are with flash, usually strongly diffused. For a discussion on this subject see the eleventh topic in the photography forum entitled "Canon Settings for spider eye shot".
Welcome to BugGuide!
Gayle
… Gayle and Jeanell Strickland, 2 February, 2008 - 10:02pm

Moved
Moved from Horse and Deer Flies.
… A.W. Thomas, 2 February, 2008 - 6:49am

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