{"id":488,"date":"2012-11-27T20:10:42","date_gmt":"2012-11-27T09:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/archives\/488-366-days-of-2012-day-332-pretty-fly-for-a-blowfly.html"},"modified":"2012-11-27T20:22:26","modified_gmt":"2012-11-27T09:52:26","slug":"366-days-of-2012-day-332-pretty-fly-for-a-blowfly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/archives\/488-366-days-of-2012-day-332-pretty-fly-for-a-blowfly.html","title":{"rendered":"366 Days of 2012, Day 332 &#8211; Pretty Fly for a Blowfly"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- s9ymdb:401 -->&lt;a href=&quot;\/serendipity\/&quot; title=&quot;Robert&#039;s Ramblings&quot;<!-- s9ymdb:823 --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"serendipity_image_center\" width=\"1024\" height=\"674\" src=\"\/serendipity\/uploads\/land_photos\/332-_MG_8522.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\nHow do you make one of the ugliest creatures in the world look pretty?<br \/>\n<br \/>\nTake a few tips from the modelling world.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n1. A nice balanced depth of field to focus attention.<br \/>\n2. Make sure the foreground eye is sharp.<br \/>\n3. Keep the hands away from the face.<br \/>\n4. Some soft back lighting to bring out some lovely highlights in the hair.<br \/>\n5. Some negative space to keep bringing your eyes back.<br \/>\n6. A nice pouting smile.<br \/>\n7. And a splash of colour for the fun of it.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nYes, pretty &#8216;fly&#8217; for a blowfly! Even one as ugly as this!<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<em>Photo: Robert Rath, &#8216;366 Days of 2012, Day 332 &#8211; Pretty Fly for a Blow Guy&#8217;. 5s f\/32 ISO6400 200mm + strobes x2<\/em><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;a href=&quot;\/serendipity\/&quot; title=&quot;Robert&#039;s Ramblings&quot; How do you make one of the ugliest creatures in the world look pretty? Take a few tips from the modelling world. 1. A nice balanced depth of field to focus attention. 2. Make sure the foreground eye is sharp. 3. Keep the hands away from the face. 4. Some soft &#8230; <a title=\"366 Days of 2012, Day 332 &#8211; Pretty Fly for a Blowfly\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/archives\/488-366-days-of-2012-day-332-pretty-fly-for-a-blowfly.html\" aria-label=\"Read more about 366 Days of 2012, Day 332 &#8211; Pretty Fly for a Blowfly\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertrath.com\/serendipity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}