Tonight, this deity gave me a gift. This evening, I was uploading a handful of really mediocre macro photographs from my garden, and then I noticed something buzzing around -- a fly that had gotten in from when I left the door open from earlier. As if guided by some occult hand, the fly landed on top of my monitor, and remained immobile there. Sitting next to my computer was my d300, with my 105mm f/2.8 macro mounted, and a 5T Nikon diopter (Ebay -- they don't make 'em anymore). Beside it was my SB-800, still in remote mode from the macro shots early in the day. Carefully and quietly, I picked them both up, afraid I would have just one shot...
And the fly didn't move! Nor it did continue to move for the 30 odd shots I took thereafter (even after I got the second flash out of my trunk for some Strobist action). I'm not going to say I blinded this fly with my flashes, but by the time it did buzz off, it looked a little drunk in the air.
More on what little I know about taking macro shots to come, but the chance for live fly photo blogging doesn't come along that often...
For the complete fly photos, check here.
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