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The result	The scene	Black Klympen on the beach
Bloody Butcher backlit	Close-up	Detail
$Compact, SLR? - These cameras will all do excellent macro, from the minute Canon Ixus over the larger Canon D10 and Canon A95 to the Nikon D40 SLR and the massive Nikon D300s. But you can get compacts at a tenth or less than the price of the D300s as it\'s equipped here.$ Compact, SLR?	Macro lenses	Reverse ring
Classic	In the garden	Laying down
Moyerfokker on a hard drive	Minute tabletop tripod	Super simple setup
The clamp	The studier model	Aga Kahn
Backpacker Beetle	Cleare Tups	Goldrush
Lamps	$My bedroom studio - A simple light box on my bed and a couple of flashes - the surroundings and the simplicity can\'t be seen on the finished pictures.$ My bedroom studio	Tabletop studio
The bedroller light box	A popper - front lit	A popper - side lit
$Backgrounds - I\'ve <a href=\"/gallery/digitizing/backgrounds.html\">experimented a lot with backgrounds.</a>$ Backgrounds	Background	$Bland - But it\'s an effective shot that shows a lot of details in the fly and makes a good foundation for tying it$ Bland
Indoors Frede	Location	Plain Frede
Ringlight backlight	Translucent Frede	Klympen on black
Klympen on blue	Klympen on Mulder and Sculley	Klympen on X
Assorted clips	Electronic clip	Lying down
Hanging	Hanging	Turned and ready
White	Dual tube fly before	Dual tube fly after
Close-up	Freshly tied	In the fingers
Shot for size	Shallow depth-of-field	A gang
Straight on	Symetrial	$Epoxy Miracle front view - Sometimes it\'s nice to see a fly from an other angle than the side$ Epoxy Miracle front view
Epoxy Miracle plain view	$A Q&D studio - Quick and Dirty, set up next to my computer in a very confined space. One small softbox as a backlight and the Orbis ringflash as a main light, both controlled by the camera\'s built-in pop-up flash$ A Q&D studio	Makeshift tabletop setup
Traditional ringflash	Very rough setup	Wood block and snooted flash
A Q&D result	A Q&D studio - alternate setup	In the window
$Arranged - These two Mickey Finns were literally stuck into the Mickey Finn entry in Perrault\'s Standard Dictionary of Fishing Flies$ Arranged	Micro studio	Rounded background
Two lamps	Flipping out	$Two lamps - A simple two-lamp setup: a neutral light florescent lamp overhead and a cheap halogen lamp as a fill light. A piece of white paper as the background, and you\'re all set. Notice the \"remote\" trigger - an old fashioned mechanical cable trigger - which helps avoid shake.$ Two lamps
Backlight	With a gentle fill	Daylight
Tungsten	Neutral	$A small DIY softbox - For fly photography you don\'t need the largest softbox. This small home made model has done very well for me on numeral occasions. <a href=\"http://500th.net/build-a-small-softbox\">You can build your own</a>$ A small DIY softbox
$Fabric diffuser - This cheap fabric diffuser can be used to soften the flash light a bit. It won\'t work miracles, but just remove the harshest shadows$ Fabric diffuser	$The full monty - I often use several flashes, umbrellas, softboxes, striplights and all sorts of lighting accessories. Once you start going down that path, it\'s hard to return... Here I\'m shooting autumn leaves, but it might as well have been flies$ The full monty	A bit of fill
$Winter fly - Shooting this Joergen\'s Demon against the low winter sun made a very good point of it being a good winter fly, but left the reel in a bit of a shadow$ Winter fly	A simple shot	$Against a sunset - If there hadn\'t been used a flash here the fly would have been a mere silhouette$ Against a sunset
Filling in	In the dark	Close-up
Materials	The bundle	Making a point
Orange Klympen before	Kerns Perfect Leo Shrimp	Kerns Perfect Leo Shrimp outdoors
Elkjaer Caddis by Klarelven	Elkjaer Caddis in the vice	A quick setup
Another fly by the water	Bitters on the beach	By the water
CDC tube	Allround light	Backlit
Light background	Medium backgroind	Details
$La Muerte - This fly was shot on a whim while we were drinking rum on the porch in Mexico after fishing a day. It formed the base for <a href=\"/patterns/la_muerte_tarpon_fly/\">an article on the fly</a>$ La Muerte	Emerger ready for action	In the sun
On the reel	$On the rod - You can\'t see any details, but it does illustrate the color and give a good ambiance as an addition to more analytical shots$ On the rod	$On the stream - Grab picture when you are by the water using the fly. It\'s a great supplement to any studio or indoor shots$ On the stream
Only interesting...	$Clouser out there - This is the wet fly after it\'s been fished. It\'s a nice picture to have as a supplement to the fly as it looks out of the vice$ Clouser out there	$In the mouth - It\'s not the best way to present the anatomy of a fly, but a good way of illustrating that it works$ In the mouth
The dry Clouser	Une CrÃ«ation	Une CrÃ«ation waterside
Wet and soggy	What tarpon and casting can do