The Fly – 2

Ever since I took some close ups of flies last year, mainly with my Ixus, I have been trying to take a better shot.  This is one step closer, although still not good enough.  It is sharper than my earlier shots, so may be OK to print at A4, but it is not sharp all the way from the front to the back of the fly.  It is also compositionally better as I have cropped out a lot of the distraction around the edge of the frame.

The fly was sitting in the sun on a slightly breezy day on some parsley flowers in the back garden.  The difficulties lay in getting close enough without falling in the pond or making the fly move on, and also to catch the fly facing the camera.

The image was taken using my macro lens on my 400D at ISO200 1/160secs at f/7.1.