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The fly which couldn't fly...
The fly which couldn't fly...
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Fauna (Classic Editing)
Camera: Olympus E-10
Location: Akureyri, Iceland
Date: Apr 22, 2003
Aperture: 2.4
ISO: 80
Shutter: 50
Galleries: Animals, Macro
Date Uploaded: Apr 22, 2003

 Last minute submission here, I saw this housefly walking around on my desk in the middle of the night and noticed that the fly couldn't fly... so I took a picture of the fly :)

Statistics
Place: 132 out of 313
Avg (all users): 5.4708
Avg (commenters): 7.1111
Avg (participants): 5.4221
Avg (non-participants): 5.5581
Views since voting: 1164
Votes: 240
Comments: 12
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/29/2003 07:09:02 AM
Hmm... did you do this? Or did you come across this fly "by accident"... Nice photo though, those curves in the background do the trick.
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 04/27/2003 11:14:54 PM
I think your title would be more correct if it said the fly that could not fly
 04/25/2003 03:30:44 PM
A good strong image
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 04/25/2003 09:54:36 AM
nice work
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 04/24/2003 11:02:28 PM
Deduct a point for animal cruelty :)
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 04/24/2003 01:31:15 PM
It could go round in circles perhaps? Nice shot - and effective in bw.
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 04/24/2003 04:59:00 AM
Wonderful focus at this range. You didn't have to pull a wing off the little fella to get him to hold still, did you? :)

It cuts a very forlorn figure; nice picture.
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 04/24/2003 01:23:34 AM
A good simple but effective shot. Good composition - it has impact!
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 04/23/2003 03:22:17 PM
Strictly from an artistic point of view, i would rate this image as one of the three best in this challenge. It has great impact on me. It's so Zen-like. Technically very good, too. Like the B&W and the toning and my eye gets a thrill out of the white wavy line. 10 Journey
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 04/23/2003 01:11:41 PM
I really like this image - very simple, and very minimalist. What makes it for me is the wavy white line across the top and the graininess is also attractive.

When you say that it couldn't fly is that because you put glue down or just because it's resting?
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 04/23/2003 12:13:06 PM
Good pic, nice work in post-process. I really like it.
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 04/23/2003 09:52:05 AM
i'm not sure if the grain was intended. i think it works fine with the grain...if it wasn't intended, try neatimage to smooth things out. either way, it's a great shot.
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