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The photo was taken while I was walking my dogs. I sometimes take my camera with one lens with me, to see which new subjects I would find on those well known paths. On that day, I had the macro lens mounted and tried to get pictures of some bees. The bees were rather shy on that day, but this fly stayed long enough so I could make a series of pictures.Time
The picture was taken on early afternoon in mid-september.Lighting
I had no flash with me, so I had to look for some flowers which were standing in direct sunlight, to get a short exposure time. Luckily, I found a nice spot and a a fly which didn't bother what I was doing.Equipment
I used my Olympus E-M1 Mk II with the 60mm/2.8 macro. I set the camera to focus bracketing mode, tried to hold the camera as steady as possible and shot a series of shots with variing focus.Inspiration
I handn't taken some macros for some time and wanted to try out the focus bracketing mode of my camera, so I decided to try it out on some insect macros.Editing
I took a series of shots (hand-held) with different parts of the fly in focus. I ended up with three useable pictures, which I combined into one picture by using the focus stacking feature of Photoshop. The result looked better than I expected (from only 3 pictures as input data), so I decided to keep that shot. I did some cropping and sharpening and the picture was finished.In my camera bag
After switching from a full-frame Nikon DSLR, I nowadays prefer the Micro-Four-Thirds system for its reduction in size and weight. I have an Olympus E-M1 Mk. II and a bunch of lenses. So the lenses I take with me, depend on the occasion. When I walk my dogs, I sometimes take "a lens of the day" with me to see the well known dog walk paths with a different eyes.Feedback
Interesting subjects are everywhere. You can only take pictures of the the things you see. To become a better photographer, it helps to look at well-known places and try to find some subjects which might not be obvious on first sight. Open your eyes, and you can find subjects almost everywhere.
