help taking pics of flies......

[paulfish_1]

I am having trouble taking the pics of flies in my vice. I have a panasonic lumix fs7 digital camera and with the macro funtion on they still are not in focus. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Should i change the background? have tried blue and white to no avail.

cheers
Paul

[maharg]

Better qualified than me on here but one top tip. Take the pictures in natural light.

[sweenytodd]

Tried taking mine with the blue background but it will not work as the camera seems to miss the fly and always focus on the back ground . Now I just stick the fly in a bit of foam , put it on the windowsill and take in daylight . I do take the odd pic with flash at night but they are never as good .

[arkle]

It could be a, you're to close to the subject so the autofocus isn't working. b. Your trying to do it handheld & the slower exposure is allowing "shake" to get in. c. the light level is to low for the subject. Or numerous other reasons,
if you can post a pic, & tell us how you took it i.e. handheld/lighting etc we might be able to see where the problem is from it & sort things for you.

[paulfish_1]

Nice one. Thanks for the quick replies. Im at work just now (not actually doin any work) but when i get home i will give the suggestions a try and post the results.

Cheers
Paul

[dabhoy]

Send them to Scratch on here I believe that he takes a mean picture

[flyinghigh]

try if you don't have a tripod to try and reduce shaking lean your camera on the desk or a book or someting or in the best case a beanbag as this reduces camera shake to a degree.