Beetle on Leaf
Jan 19, 2020 20:01:24 #
This is one of my preserved beetles that I staged for a focus stacking session. I wanted to experiment with and idea that I had to diffuse the illumination.
I started with the reversed 28mm lens mounted on short extended adapters to go from Nikon F mount to Fujifilm X mount.
I placed the beetle with its bad hair-day on a dried leaf and placed it under the translucent drink cups with white paper towel between them which is mounted on the camera in the fashion of a lens hood. I placed a piece of white printer paper that I folded into a "V" and held it a bit over the top of the subject and diffuser with a third-hand tool much like a roof over a house. I then positioned the four LED and fiber optic lights to shine over it. The result was a soft even light on the subject.
As always, thanks in advance to all who view and for your comments, suggestions, questions and critique.
I started with the reversed 28mm lens mounted on short extended adapters to go from Nikon F mount to Fujifilm X mount.
I placed the beetle with its bad hair-day on a dried leaf and placed it under the translucent drink cups with white paper towel between them which is mounted on the camera in the fashion of a lens hood. I placed a piece of white printer paper that I folded into a "V" and held it a bit over the top of the subject and diffuser with a third-hand tool much like a roof over a house. I then positioned the four LED and fiber optic lights to shine over it. The result was a soft even light on the subject.
As always, thanks in advance to all who view and for your comments, suggestions, questions and critique.
Jan 19, 2020 21:15:49 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
This is one of my preserved beetles that I staged ... (show quote)
One of the numerous flower feeding scarabs.
And, night all.
Bill
Jan 20, 2020 00:43:58 #
Jan 20, 2020 14:22:24 #
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