A Hungry Fly

Do you know those sunny humid days, when you just want to sit back and relax. Try to take short breathes so you wouldn't warm your body too much. Drinking cold beer (ok... diet coke with ice and lemon...), just to try to get cooler. Sweat starts to trickle from the side of your forehead. You think to yourself "why the hell did I leave the good air-condition just to meet some friends?!?!"
And then, just as you thought it couldn't get any worse... a fly... on the leg... it tickles...
You try to make him go away with your hand, but he keeps coming back. Then, he finds something better - your face and eyes. It makes you crazy. You wave like an old lady who doesn't know how to swim. You're getting crazy. Your blood pressure goes up. All the "short breathing" stuff and cold drinks won't help now. You just get warmer as you wave fearlessly, thinking you will soon win this maniac who fell in love in your face...

Well this time we switched sides. I didn't stop from running after this fly who seems to be very fond of flower's stamens. It was me who couldn't leave his ugly face before taking the wanted shot...

Hungry Fly


Nikon D-70s
Sigma 150mm f/2.8
Nikon SB-800

Now, let's take a closer look...
Look at the million-monitors eyes...
The Cockpit

And irrelevant photo:
Eaten Lupine Leaf

Nikon D-70s
Sigma 150mm f/2.8
Nikon SB-800

Slim Photo(s)

Recently I've discovered the "slim photos" cropping. It's an old fashion of making pictures in a non standard ratio (e.g. not 2:3 or 3:2 hight:width).
I don't advise to crop in any ratio as I believe there are 3 eligible types of cropping:

1. 2:3 - The standard.
2. 1:1 (Square) - I didn't fully uncovered this type of cropping - when should it be used and what are the composition "rules" for it. So as for now I don't use it much.
3. 3:1 - When you have a picture which the main subject is almost in the middle and nothing is interesting enough in the sides, you should consider to crop your picture some other way.

(I hate the 3:4 of most P&S cameras. It looks like a TV/computer screenshot)

Note that most of the composition rules (which I intend to start yapping about them in this blog) are still valid in this kind of cropping (like the rule of thirds).

Drop Of Water

Nikon D-70s
Sigma 150mm f/2.8
Nikon SB-800

Lupine Leaf

Lupine Leaf