Black and Orange Beetle
Jan 7, 2020 20:11:00 #
This is a preserved black and orange marked beetle sent to me by Bill (newtoyou) for a focus stacking session. This is my third attempt at creating a white background for the subject.
Black backgrounds are easy and I thought that white should be easy also however it has some unique challenges much like shooting a backlight photo especially when there is high contrast between the subject and the white. Of course this is the purpose of experimenting and learning the fine points of controlling the camera as well as helping pass time.
I used a reversed 28mm flat depth of field lens with a few adapter fittings so that it would mount on the Fujifilm X-T20 mirrorless camera. What I knew although did not believe it to be of importance is that my main camera is full frame and this one is an APS-C so the effective focal length is about 1.5 times longer which narrows the field of view appearing to bring the subject closer. This means that what behaves like a 28mm reversed lens on my full frame camera is much different on my APS-C sensor camera.
This allows me to get a bit more working distance between the end of the lens and the subject making lighting a bit easier and less bounce back of light when a subject is so close to the lens (typically I'm less than an inch or so away so I makeshift a short hood on the end of the lens).
As always, thanks in advance to all who view and for your comments, suggestions, questions and critique.
Black backgrounds are easy and I thought that white should be easy also however it has some unique challenges much like shooting a backlight photo especially when there is high contrast between the subject and the white. Of course this is the purpose of experimenting and learning the fine points of controlling the camera as well as helping pass time.
I used a reversed 28mm flat depth of field lens with a few adapter fittings so that it would mount on the Fujifilm X-T20 mirrorless camera. What I knew although did not believe it to be of importance is that my main camera is full frame and this one is an APS-C so the effective focal length is about 1.5 times longer which narrows the field of view appearing to bring the subject closer. This means that what behaves like a 28mm reversed lens on my full frame camera is much different on my APS-C sensor camera.
This allows me to get a bit more working distance between the end of the lens and the subject making lighting a bit easier and less bounce back of light when a subject is so close to the lens (typically I'm less than an inch or so away so I makeshift a short hood on the end of the lens).
As always, thanks in advance to all who view and for your comments, suggestions, questions and critique.
Jan 7, 2020 20:52:33 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
This is a preserved black and orange marked beetle... (show quote)
This is a Pleasing Fungas Beetle. Megalodacne heros.
I found several on a tree trunk this spring. There were oyster mushrooms about to emerge.
They have a mildly pleasant smell.
Only 74 days till spring.
Bill
Jan 7, 2020 20:55:09 #
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