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Chicken Sashimi
11-05-2009, 07:46 PM
http://www.digitalbricabrac.com/photog/blog/IMG_5389.jpg

I grew weary of taking macros of dead flies, so i found a way to make it more interesting. Happen to have these toy soldiers sitting around and it ended up being a nice parallel.

Hope you enjoy it.
Let me know what you think.

Here's another angle which i don't feel is as effective. Do you have a favorite between the two?
http://www.digitalbricabrac.com/photog/blog/IMG_5383.jpg


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Bambi
11-05-2009, 07:59 PM
very creative shots. I am not sure what to make of wanting to take macros of dead flies but I like what you did.

the composition is interesting in both. In the first the eye sees the soldier, then the fly causing one to go 'wth'?
In the second the focus is the fly first and the soldier second.

very interesting.
Iguanasan
11-05-2009, 10:25 PM
While pictures of dead flies is not my thing I do love what you've done here. I really like number 1. The second one is too out of focus for me since both the fly and the soldier are both part of the story.
Mad Aussie
11-06-2009, 01:38 AM
I like shot 2. Helps coming! Nice play!

Now go see a therapist about this fetish for photgraphing dead flies you've admitted to! ;)
JAS_Photo
11-06-2009, 03:18 AM
Lol, those are cool! Strange, but cool. :)
Michaelaw
11-06-2009, 04:59 PM
Cool...Very creative:)
Marko
11-06-2009, 06:15 PM
Of course I love the play here - very nice!
Shot 2 is working for me in a weird/wonderful way.:highfive:
Chicken Sashimi
11-06-2009, 06:36 PM
Wow.. you guys interpreted my comment as if i was some kind of dead-fly hobby-photographer. Not exactly what i had in mind.

I found this dead fly on my bookshelf and with my macro lens, thought i would peer into the insect world to see what they look like up close. Without any other compliment, it was just a dead fly (i.e. doesn't make for very interesting photos) so when i mentioned i grew weary of shooting a lowly dead fly, this is what i meant.

In the end, it worked out well that i happen to have a few toy soldiers lying around the house and this medic complimented the situation appropriately.

I'll have to poke around the forums and see how the rest of you make interesting shots out of uninteresting subjects. :) Here's hoping i won't find too many cliché'd pictures of graffiti'd alleyway doors. :D
Mad Aussie
11-06-2009, 06:39 PM
Wow.. you guys interpreted my comment as if i was some kind of dead-fly hobby-photographer.
Of course! Give us an opening like that and we are gonna jump on it and twist it around until it's a mere ghostly resemblance at best of it's former self! ;)
scorpio_e
11-06-2009, 06:47 PM
#2 work for me. Nice macro shot
Bambi
11-06-2009, 09:35 PM
Of course! Give us an opening like that and we are gonna jump on it and twist it around until it's a mere ghostly resemblance at best of it's former self! ;)


MA said it perfectly :evil2:
MoinMoin
11-07-2009, 12:53 AM
:p Good to know, that you didn't kill the fly for the shooting. That makes you not a killer but a very creative "shooter" ;). Like your work very much.
aophoto
11-09-2009, 09:16 PM
Like the idea and the composition a lot.
jlabel
11-18-2009, 01:49 PM
Morbid isnt it? I liked your criativity tho
Michaelaw
11-18-2009, 02:12 PM
Morbid isnt it? I liked your criativity tho

Morbid! Anything that walks around on my neighbors doggy poo before doing a dance on my baked potato is best seen in this light :D My kill rate with sprays, swatters, empty pizza boxes and wet ended towels would make Hitlers antics look like that of an under achiever!