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Postby xerubus on Wed Jan 24, 2007 3:23 pm

Now that's a name that would get you picked on a bit at school. I think if I was one of these guys I would just tell them I'm Chrysomya rufifacies.. sounds more sophisticated. :D

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Postby Alpha_7 on Wed Jan 24, 2007 3:39 pm

Mark was your 90 Macro a Tamron or a Sigma ? Whatever it is your doing marveously well with it!
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Postby gstark on Wed Jan 24, 2007 3:41 pm

Mark,

Was it on fire? :)

Just look at those big eyes, and those gorgeous long eyelashes. Clearly the female of the species; great detail here.

Well done.
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Postby xerubus on Wed Jan 24, 2007 3:43 pm

Craig... tamron 90mm with tubes and thankyou :)

Gary... I have good eyes, I can read that even at 1600x1200! :D :D And it definitely is a female, you are spot on. thanks mate.

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Postby Alpha_7 on Wed Jan 24, 2007 3:46 pm

Thanks Mark, we assumed it was the Tammy but I wanted to be sure, I've been showing off your macros at work, and Dawesy my IT / Linux Shepard is keen to get this lens for his Pentax. I'm hoping he'll start posting on the forum here too...
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Postby xerubus on Wed Jan 24, 2007 3:49 pm

good stuff... nice to have another IT/Linux guy around :)

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Postby dawesy on Wed Jan 24, 2007 4:48 pm

Alpha_7 wrote:Thanks Mark, we assumed it was the Tammy but I wanted to be sure, I've been showing off your macros at work, and Dawesy my IT / Linux Shepard is keen to get this lens for his Pentax. I'm hoping he'll start posting on the forum here too...


I was really hoping that Linux Shepherd wouldn't catch on, but what can you do... I guess raving on about how much better a server with no GUI on it will do that!

Xerubus, as mentioned I've seen a few of your Macro shots and am very impressed. I'm in fact now considering the Tamron for my DL. I'd like to get into some Macro and it seems to have the added advantage of being a decent portrait lens. I had been thinking of a Pentax 77mm Limited for that, but they're expensive and rare!

Anyway, nice to be here and top shot!
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Postby xerubus on Wed Jan 24, 2007 4:51 pm

welcome to the forums dawesy... and thanks for the comments...

I couldn't recommend the tamron 90mm enough.. I've had it for only around 1-2 weeks now and cannot fault it.

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Postby dawesy on Wed Jan 24, 2007 4:52 pm

xerubus wrote:welcome to the forums dawesy... and thanks for the comments...

I couldn't recommend the tamron 90mm enough.. I've had it for only around 1-2 weeks now and cannot fault it.

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Time to start saving....

(Oh, and thanks for the welcome!)
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Postby colin_12 on Wed Jan 24, 2007 5:11 pm

I like those eyes Xerubus. :shock:
This is a great shot considdering the fly is living and mobile.
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Postby xerubus on Wed Jan 24, 2007 5:15 pm

thanks Colin..

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