Some pics of flies taken with my new digicam
 

Chuck,

what did you do wrt light sources ?

I still have a collection of midges that need to have their photos taken
for public display.

Some pics of flies taken with my new digicam
 

Chuck,

what did you do wrt light sources ?

I still have a collection of midges that need to have their photos taken
for public display.

Some pics of flies taken with my new digicam
 

"Svend Tang-Petersen" wrote in message
...
Chuck,

what did you do wrt light sources ?

I still have a collection of midges that need to have their photos taken
for public display.


how does one reconcile the loss of a fly with the work put into making it?
i've not tried to tie any, but i imagine it is a hell of a lot of tedious,
intricate work. i think i would be sick if i lost one to a tree, or a poor
job of tying it onto my tippet, etc.....
they're gorgeous....

snakefiddler

Some pics of flies taken with my new digicam
 

"Svend Tang-Petersen" wrote in message
...
Chuck,

what did you do wrt light sources ?

I still have a collection of midges that need to have their photos taken
for public display.


how does one reconcile the loss of a fly with the work put into making it?
i've not tried to tie any, but i imagine it is a hell of a lot of tedious,
intricate work. i think i would be sick if i lost one to a tree, or a poor
job of tying it onto my tippet, etc.....
they're gorgeous....

snakefiddler

Some pics of flies taken with my new digicam
 

Svend Tang-Petersen wrote:

Chuck,

what did you do wrt light sources ?

I still have a collection of midges that need to have their photos taken
for public display.

Svend,

I took a low-tech approach. I propped up some gray tying foam in
the background and let the camera provide its own lighting (e.g., a
flash). They were shot in my garage in low light conditions, so ambient
light wasn't a factor.


Chuck Vance (who was surprised at how well the pics came out)

Some pics of flies taken with my new digicam
 

"snakefiddler" wrote in
:


"Svend Tang-Petersen" wrote in message
...
Chuck,

what did you do wrt light sources ?

I still have a collection of midges that need to have their photos
taken for public display.


how does one reconcile the loss of a fly with the work put into making
it? i've not tried to tie any, but i imagine it is a hell of a lot of
tedious, intricate work. i think i would be sick if i lost one to a
tree, or a poor job of tying it onto my tippet, etc.....
they're gorgeous....

snakefiddler



It's much better than reconciling the loss of a fly with paying for it!

Scott

Some pics of flies taken with my new digicam
 

"snakefiddler" wrote in
:


"Svend Tang-Petersen" wrote in message
...
Chuck,

what did you do wrt light sources ?

I still have a collection of midges that need to have their photos
taken for public display.


how does one reconcile the loss of a fly with the work put into making
it? i've not tried to tie any, but i imagine it is a hell of a lot of
tedious, intricate work. i think i would be sick if i lost one to a
tree, or a poor job of tying it onto my tippet, etc.....
they're gorgeous....

snakefiddler



It's much better than reconciling the loss of a fly with paying for it!

Scott

Some pics of flies taken with my new digicam
 

snakefiddler wrote:

how does one reconcile the loss of a fly with the work put into making it?
i've not tried to tie any, but i imagine it is a hell of a lot of tedious,
intricate work. i think i would be sick if i lost one to a tree, or a poor
job of tying it onto my tippet, etc.....

It's just a fact of life, and there's always more where that one
came from. I guess it could be looked at as tedious, but for me,
working with your hands isn't tedious even if it is slow-going. (Well,
tying flies for the GFS might be considered tedious.) I woodwork also,
and I do it almost exclusively with handtools. It's slower than using
machines, but you're also more in touch with the process.

I tend to look at it from another perspective: There's nothing like
catching a fish on a fly you've tied yourself.

they're gorgeous....

Thanks. But there's a downside to taking macro pics of your own
flies. You can see every little imperfection.


Chuck Vance

Some pics of flies taken with my new digicam
 

snakefiddler wrote:

how does one reconcile the loss of a fly with the work put into making it?
i've not tried to tie any, but i imagine it is a hell of a lot of tedious,
intricate work. i think i would be sick if i lost one to a tree, or a poor
job of tying it onto my tippet, etc.....

It's just a fact of life, and there's always more where that one
came from. I guess it could be looked at as tedious, but for me,
working with your hands isn't tedious even if it is slow-going. (Well,
tying flies for the GFS might be considered tedious.) I woodwork also,
and I do it almost exclusively with handtools. It's slower than using
machines, but you're also more in touch with the process.

I tend to look at it from another perspective: There's nothing like
catching a fish on a fly you've tied yourself.

they're gorgeous....

Thanks. But there's a downside to taking macro pics of your own
flies. You can see every little imperfection.


Chuck Vance

Some pics of flies taken with my new digicam
 

"Conan the Librarian" wrote in message
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snakefiddler wrote:

how does one reconcile the loss of a fly with the work put into making
it?
i've not tried to tie any, but i imagine it is a hell of a lot of
tedious,
intricate work. i think i would be sick if i lost one to a tree, or a
poor
job of tying it onto my tippet, etc.....

It's just a fact of life, and there's always more where that one
came from. I guess it could be looked at as tedious, but for me,
working with your hands isn't tedious even if it is slow-going. (Well,
tying flies for the GFS might be considered tedious.) I woodwork also,
and I do it almost exclusively with handtools. It's slower than using
machines, but you're also more in touch with the process.

I tend to look at it from another perspective: There's nothing like
catching a fish on a fly you've tied yourself.

i'll bet so :-)

they're gorgeous....

Thanks.


But there's a downside to taking macro pics of your own
flies. You can see every little imperfection.

my daughter is an artist, and my son is a photographer; an artist in his own
right, and i find that, like you, they are highly critical of their work.
usually the critiques are unfounded, (in my eye, anyway)

snakefiddler

Chuck Vance