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Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Insects
From: John Hermanson <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 08:42:55 -0400
Great shot, and love the Genesis quote.

(saw "Lamb Lies Down on Broadway" at the Academy of Music, NYC).

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On 6/4/2011 10:14 PM, Fernando Gonzalez Gentile wrote:
> Flowers are not absolutely necessary to photograph insects, Jim.
>
> I caught this fly alive and well with one blow, like the The Valiant
> Little Tailor did, but didn't kill it.
> After I had portrayed it, I left it fly away.
>
> My setup consisted of a tripod mounted OM 2n on Auto mode, an Olympus
> 25mm Auto Tube and a G. Zuiko 50mm ƒ/1,4 @ ƒ/8.
> Ektachrome 64.
>
> Tried Focus Magic, as Moose taught me .... :-)
>
> <http://www.flickr.com/photos/fernando_gonzalez_gentile/5789376704/in/photostream/lightbox/>
>
> After I had scanned it, the picture reminded me of Peter Gabriel
> singing this song, named "Fly On A Windshield":
> "There's something solid forming in the air,
> The wall of death is lowered in Times Square.
> No-one seems to care,
> They carry on as if nothing was there.
> The wind is blowing harder now,
> Blowing dust into my eyes.
> The dust settles on my skin,
> Making a crust I cannot move in
> And I'm hovering like a fly, waiting for the windshield on the freeway."
>
> Enjoy,
>
> Fernando.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 3:02 PM, Jim Nichols<jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
>> There were no flowers available to me today.

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