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When All Is Fine


When All Is Fine
Photo Information
Copyright: Alexei Alyokhin (Alex99) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3585 W: 143 N: 5669] (18533)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-10-03
Categories: Insects
Camera: Nikon D700, Sigma 70-300mm F4-5.6 APO DG Macro
Exposure: f/16, 1/400 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-10-20 8:45
Viewed: 291
Points: 80
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
When All Is Fine

I think that autumn day all was fine at a life of this tiny fly (its size is about 7-8 mm). It sat on a flower leaf and caught heat of last warm sunny days. And I continued a test of a Sigma lens. There were blossoming all season Gaillardia around and all really seemed OK in this small local Paradise.

It is naturally I do not species of the fly. It simply was a good target for testing a poor AF of the lens. Thanks to it, AF worked well at those moments. That is why I can share this picture with you.
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Add. Shot info:
FF-shot
Cropped a bit
ISO 1400
Hand-held shot
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I am very grateful to all who met me here after long absence with so warm and kind words and helped me with correct ID of hoverfly at previous photo.

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Hi Alexei,
I am instantly in love with the OOF BG. Those colors and soft shapes are very pretty and really help you focus on your little friend cleaning its self. The details are wonderful and the clean look of the composition is at its best.
TFS,
Niek

Alex
Wonderful little fly!
Great macro capture, lovely details, great shot!
Horia

hello Alex
enjoyable colours and their output, splendid composition and photo! bravo!
TFS thanks for sharing
Nasos

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  • MMM Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 921 W: 0 N: 1985] (8905)
  • [2009-10-20 9:30]

Hello Alexei.What a nice composition.Perfect POV with outstanding light and colors.Very sharp image with great OOF BG colors.
TFS Michel

Hi Alexei,

An excellent capture of this fly on green leaf from fine POV with great DOF, neat details and delightful composition.
TFS and Have a nice day!
Cheers,

Bayram

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  • roges Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 598 W: 0 N: 523] (3096)
  • [2009-10-20 9:36]

Hallo Alexei,

Дуже цікаво макросів, але відмінну гру.
Якщо ви прийшли і прийшла холодна осінь ... замість метелика я сфотографував інші види.
Чудовий вечір,
Адріан

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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2992 W: 162 N: 950] (2789)
  • [2009-10-20 9:43]

Hello Alexei,
You did well spotting this little fly as it was enjoying the sunshine on the leaf! A beautiful composition with the fly sharply in focus and against a beautiful background. Well done!
TFS and kind regards, Ulla

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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3816 W: 190 N: 11348] (34987)
  • [2009-10-20 9:50]

Hello Alexei.
Without this fantastic OOF flowery BG this little fly would look quite insignificant. But here you portray it in all its glory with fine sharpness and excellent focusing and he is rubbing his legs together with joy!
The lighting and composition on the leaf add to the attraction of this image.
Thanks and all the best,
Ivan

Hello Alexei,

An excellent macro with great details & BG. Great POV & pose.

Well done & TFS.

Regards

Umar

Hello Alexei,

Superb macro capture of this tiny fly with superb details! I like the great contrast between the colors of the fly and the green leaves on which it is currently perching on. The sharpness is great and the POV is wonderful too. The BG is OOF with so many colors.

Great composition!

best regards,
Paras

Alex
Wonderful little fly!
Great capture and details.
Mariana

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  • siggi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1373 W: 56 N: 4723] (16252)
  • [2009-10-20 11:13]

Hello Alexei.
Very nice POV, great control on sharpness and good use of light. Wonderful contrast between the background and the fly and leaf. Simply beautiful capture!
Best regards Siggi

Hola Alexei,
en tus últimas dos fotofrafías nos has deleitado con los colores; en la anterior por la belleza del monotono azul, y en esta ocasión por la atractiva mezcla del primer plano con los colores cálidos del fondo.
Evidentemente el contraluz del insecto pone el detalle especial y hace que sea una toma diferente.
Un saludo: Josep Ignasi.

Interesting DOF here exalted by the right POV. Good details and bright colours, Lovely BG.

Roberto

hello Alexei
very good composition with great sharpness and beautiful colours
greeting lou

Hello Alexei,

a good macro shot from this insecrt with an very colourfull bg.
Very good composition and pov.
Fine colours.

Gert

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  • cirano Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 656 W: 0 N: 228] (4942)
  • [2009-10-20 13:03]

Slav Alexeî,
Great macro shot of this little fly on the leaf with excellen colors,sharpness and POV.TFS.
Regards,
Dûrzan

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  • lousat Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1978 W: 6 N: 5527] (19673)
  • [2009-10-20 14:31]

Hi Alex,i think the test was good but you must go so close to the fly to do the best test.This pic is perfect,great sharpness and a lot of colors in backgroun too,excellent and elegant composition,have a nice day and thanks,Luciano

Hi Alexei,
Very fine composition of this tiny fly.The colors are realy very pettry.
TFS. & best regards.

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  • cloud Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 297 W: 71 N: 758] (4689)
  • [2009-10-21 0:05]

Hello Alexei,
Although fly is such ordinary but all photo is superb. Very impressive colours of BG, perfectly chosen low BG also shape of the leaf in fine light look prettily.
Regards, Pawel

Hi Alex!

Hmm, this is a colourful eye candy! The background with the coloured spots simply is superb and adds to the value of the picture. The fly and the leaf show fine details, but the most pleasant in this picture is its overall impact.

Kind regards

Markus

Ciao Alexei, lovely tiny fly on a fantastic colorful blurry BG, fine details and splendid sharpness, very well done, ciao Silvio

Hello Alexei,
a splendid macro shot, superb sharpness and marvellous bright colours, a very pleasing composition with a lovely posture of this insect, very beautiful BG.
TFS
Best regards
Maurizio

Hello Alexei
nice little fly with great pose on this very well detailed green leaf
beautiful luminosity, but what i like the most are the superb color tons from the BG
Have a good night
Jacqueline

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  • foozi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1339 W: 0 N: 2575] (9083)
  • [2009-10-22 0:18]

Hi Alex,
such a lovely sharpness in great colours. The details are so sharp. The hairs on the fly and on the fly is so clear. I really like the colours at the background.
So beautifully composed in stylish manner.

Regards,
Foozi

Fantastic detail and delightful how the fly is rubbing her legs together. But that BG is amazing. What glorious colors!!

Hello Alexei
ottima messa a fuoco su questa piccola mosca che fa la pulizia del proprio corpo come pure i dettagli che sei riuscito a ritrarre. Molto particolari sono anche quelli che si scorgono sulla foglia sia per le escrescenze che per le venature. Tutta la composizione è arricchita da questo sfondo morbido e dai colori molto vivaci che ben contrastano con il soggetto in primo piano. Thanks for your comments.
Livio

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  • joey Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2001 W: 226 N: 6845] (24727)
  • [2009-10-22 16:52]

What a superb photo!
The background is fantastic.
Excellent sharpness.
Great pose too :)

Well done,

Joe

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  • anel Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1723 W: 0 N: 3915] (15730)
  • [2009-10-23 2:03]

Hello Alex,
Very interesting composition. Beautiful how you integrated the background colors in the picture. The yellow color just gives importance to the fly which seem more occupied to do its cleaning.
Very charming shot.
Thanks and kind regards
Anne

Hi Alexei,
Wonderful hand-held shot. Great with sun light on the subject. The colorful background also make this picture more interesting.
JC

Hello Alexei,

A colour wise interesting background for this little fly!
Fine details in both insect and leaf, DoF works well to emphasise the subject...
A lovely presentation, the composition has good lines!

Greetings,
Pablo -

Great macro work. I'm surprised you got in so close with that lens. Nice job as always Alexei

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  • PeterZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2388 W: 94 N: 5521] (17576)
  • [2009-10-25 6:45]

Hello Alexei,
What a beauty, this photo. The OOF BG is splendid and makes the contrasts with the leaf and fly impressive. Excellent sharpness and details and a fantastic composition.
Regards,
Peter

Alexei,
Glad to see your images once more.
As always.... THE BEST OF THE BEST!!!
Very fond regards,
Mario.
P.S. Have bought a new computer, HP Mini, for Bernardete & have been most, MOST busy working on it. At last I've "fixed" all its problems.... I hope???!!!

Hello Alex
Welcome after long break ;-) I like this photo very much mostly becouse of the colors. Fantastic colorful mosaic in nicely blured background. Very elegant image
Best wishes
Krzysztof

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  • tuslaw Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 504 W: 20 N: 1385] (4841)
  • [2009-10-26 18:35]

Great macro shot Alexie!!
The detail is awesome and the colors are gorgeous. Love the BG. colors especially, they are a real eye catcher! Well done!!
Ron

A lovely shot of this fly on the leaf with this beautiful OOF multicoloured BG!
Very well done, my friend Alexei!
Goldy

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  • izler Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 1399 W: 3 N: 30] (504)
  • [2009-10-29 2:57]

hello my dear friend
wonderful macro photo
composition, POV, DOF, BG, light, colours and sharpness are great
TFS
regards
izler

hello Alexei

welcome back, i am happy to see again photos from you,
a great macro shot of this bee, with fine POV, SUPERB focus
great sharpness and details, beautiful luminosity and colour tones,

TFS

Asbed

Hello Alexei,
I'm so glad to see you again here - I also made a long break. There were so bad vibrations here and also at TL, so many members quit - but I'm happy to be back - I think also not every day - the time!
Your fly is so colourful and nice, I like this sunny post, thanks.
Many greetings
Sabine - wishnugaruda

Dear Alexei,
powerful composition, spreading positive feelings of great intensity by its psychedelical wealth of late summer colours in those grey and foggy days. Thank you my dear friend.
With best regards,
Peter

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