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Stephen Bowden
{K:64141} 11/30/2004
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Amna this is a great first fly macro.
I have just checked some of the comments you have received back - Jorg is spot on, just up the aperture to F8 and you will get the dof you need. I struggle with my camera as I cannot get much light through at F8. But with you combination of DSLR and a dedicated macro at F2.8 you will capture some stunning macros I promise you :-)
Best wishes,
Steve
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Salvo Valenti
{K:17038} 11/29/2004
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eccezionale macro fantastic complimenti ciao salvo
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Sergio Sánchez
{K:2350} 11/28/2004
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Very nice macro! And the photo of its death is great too. I'm looking forward to see more macros.
Sergio
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Stuart Mackay
{K:4551} 11/27/2004
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Nice one as well, I missed this one. Must of flown right by me ... lol, hehehe
Sorry your first fly is now dead.
sm..
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xy x
{K:41915} 11/27/2004
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excellent close-up and magnificent fly, splendid pose and excellent details, very vivid colour tones and perfect contrast, superb work, congrats, in continued seems that had bad luck and great meal for the spider, thanks for drop into my portfolio, best regards
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NN
{K:26787} 11/27/2004
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What a sad story (for the fly I mean)! Good shot Amna, I see you?ve already got some useful advice. Patience is the most important thing, as these guys don?t sit and wait for you to get ready :)
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Orazio Minnella
{K:49417} 11/27/2004
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Another fantastic shot,dear Amna.I like very much this macro picture,very well done and with a great dof.Nice colors and details.
Regards...Orazio
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Mkm .
{K:2458} 11/27/2004
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loool@ the second pic! You murderer! It looks hillarious, seriously I can't stop laughing just imagining how it got squashed! Beautiful first try, I never saw thebaneh so up-close and personal. Great diagonal composition, good clarity and an intrestingly disgusting subject! May she/he rest in peace lol You are full of surprises sis x_x!
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Riny Koopman
{K:19998} 11/27/2004
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Love how you presented this wonderfully image.
Beautiful composition.
Riny Koopman.
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Amna Al Shamsi
{K:21795} 11/27/2004
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Hi Saeed, I do not like using flash too but as I explained to Fadel it was my only choice especially it was getting dark in the garden. There is still another gang of flies in our garden I will try all tips after I return from work Insha'Allah with natural light this time
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Saeed Al Shamsi
{K:47735} 11/27/2004
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This is an excellent approach to macro, with more shot you get your own way of macro composed, Al though I like to call this image a close up more than macro! What I can say here, just revised what Peter Houtmeyers wrote, and I do agree with him, the only thing I do not like it personally the flash, but you do need to go for smaller F stops (Larger No).Saeed
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Amna Al Shamsi
{K:21795} 11/27/2004
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Hi Fadel, yes I used flash it was my only choice to have sharp photo, it was getting dark outside (after maghreb prayer)
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Fadel J
{K:13974} 11/27/2004
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And the fly's last photo :)
Great macro Amna, it feels like you used a flash, I think it would be greater without flash, but regardless a great capture!
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Patrick Jacobson
{K:29151} 11/27/2004
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Great macro.. great crop and composition.. love the look of that fly! =) Very funny! How do you get them to stay? I mean.. one need to get pretty close to them.. almost inside of the lens.. hehe! I like it! =)
Cheers
Patrick J
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Maria José Barres
{K:11276} 11/26/2004
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Great macro! The first!!!!!
Congrats my dear, it's fantastic!
Greetings.
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ARMANDO ALCÁZAR
{K:42404} 11/26/2004
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Amna macro and details, Im am a macro pic lover and I have the best teacher that is Peter Houtmeyers (K:584) http://www.usefilm.com/photographer/58154.html
he and David McClenaghan http://www.usefilm.com/photographer/35474.html teach me a lot of the macro pics, I'm not to good that they but i'm learning.
One of the first important things in photographs as yours is that whenever is possible should take with very good light and the most important to use aperture F8 that gives more depth of field , if you truly are interested in the macro pic, speak with Peter, he is incredibly kind and always willing to teach 
your picture is very good and when you continue taking macros you will become a macro addict just as Peter told me and he had a lot of reason, hahahaha.
congratulations and God blesses you: D
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Peter Houtmeyers
{K:3519} 11/26/2004
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Good one Amna, not bad for your first fly. The sigma 105 macro has a very small aperture up to f45 and so it has an enormous depht of field (DOF). For more depth you need a higher f number,i think about f16 or f22 . BUT.....the downside is that the light decreases by doing this and also the shutterspeed gets slower. The best macro's are taken with enough light or with an additional macro flash. Just keep trying....
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Latif alobaida
{K:5005} 11/26/2004
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Wonderful Amna... perfect shot, if you take it from the top also it'll be nice
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Judi Liosatos
{K:34047} 11/26/2004
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Well done. Keep up the great work.
Judi
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Khalid alsulaiti
{K:235} 11/26/2004
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Good work Amna , also the the 2nd picture it's so nice .. keep it up
salam
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Amna Al Shamsi
{K:21795} 11/26/2004
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Hi Arawa...yes this is a commen one especially close to winter and after the rain and it is very annoying one too lol!
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arwa abdullah
{K:34415} 11/26/2004
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Salam amna! Is this your first fly image or all bugs in general??
I like the angel that?s created by the slanting leave and the bright red color of the flys eye! But the mouth looks really strange! Is this the common duban?? Hehehehe i never got a chance to see the dubans mouth
The second image is so good too!!!! I've never seen this before!
Wonderful first try amna! :)
maybe u could use a smaller aperture?
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Jeanette Hägglund
{K:59855} 11/26/2004
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Cool macro which showes perfectly how many colours the fly has. Nice DOF and diagonal made by the grass. Besides that your shot is very good I need to say that i don?t like flyes
:)
Jeanette
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Jorg Reif
{K:16020} 11/26/2004
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Well I guess this is an ugly beast but technically for a first try it is not bad. I remember my first bee photosession lasted the better part of a day at flowers in my garden that had hundreds of bees on it at times, but none was sharp enough to like it. Here I guess the focus seems to be just a little off to the left at the last leg of the fly, but there is still good sharpness for the rest of the fly. With f8 you might have gotten the desired DOF. Regards Jorg
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Amna Al Shamsi
{K:21795} 11/26/2004
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Now it is dead.
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Abeer Al Jarsh
{K:10209} 11/26/2004
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excellent macro
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