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.

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 Tang-Petersen" wrote in message
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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

"Svend Tang-Petersen" wrote in message
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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

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)

"snakefiddler" wrote in
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"Svend Tang-Petersen" wrote in message
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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

"snakefiddler" wrote in
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"Svend Tang-Petersen" wrote in message
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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

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

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

"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